<div dir="ltr">Roger's review is very interesting to me. He picks up on an aspect of the Minamata, Sanrizuka and 311 films that rarely draws comment: that you actually learn little about the background and details of the controversies and scandals, while the focus is on more intimate and emotional stories of communities of victims. I've often wondered the degree to which this is a choice to construct a documentary built on implication (in opposition to TV's documentary of explanation), or a mere assumption that the audience already comes into the theater knowing what they need to know.<div><br></div><div>At least what's interesting here is that it's not just Hara's film. </div><div><br></div><div>Markus</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/umich.edu/uc?id=1i0izwlsrcSvQgU4nMCzTLiOhmdDMm-xZ&export=download" width="56" height="96"><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"><font color="#38761d"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div><div><font size="1" color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</font><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">School of Art & Design</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#6aa84f"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>6348 North Quad</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>105 S. State Street</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 6:56 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kinejapan@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@lists.osu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div>Apologies for jumping back to an old thread but, if anyone's interested, my review of 'Sennan Asbestos Disaster' for the Japan Society of the UK is now up here</div><div><a href="https://www.japansociety.org.uk/44376/sennan-asbestos-disaster/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.japansociety.org.<wbr>uk/44376/sennan-asbestos-<wbr>disaster/</a></div><div>Roger</div><div><a href="mailto:macyroger@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">macyroger@yahoo.co.uk</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, 1 March 2018, 05:58:27 GMT, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:
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</div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div id="m_459199716835454861ydp789c1f0eyiv8401721635"><div dir="ltr">There's a new Hara Kazuo film out. He's been working on it forever. So far, it's shown a several festivals and to much praise....especially by audiences, which have given him "audiences prizes" at Yamagata and Filmex. I heard he's very frustrated the juries are snubbing him. But this is not the usual Hara film. It's sedate in comparison and extremely long. <div><br></div><div>But I like it. Definitely seek it out. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Today Mark Schilling published his review: </b></div><div><br></div><div><p>“I wanted to tell them ‘Are you joking? Stop it!'” Hara says. “I hate it when Japanese are praised for being so patient in a situation like that. In the film I clearly criticize Japanese who are like that. I mean, I love them but we ought to detest those who call someone like Shiozaki a ‘nice guy.’ That’s the message of the film.</p><p>“If we don’t, we’ll never have real peace in this country. The willingness of the Japanese to forgive the powerful is a danger to our democracy. You don’t forgive them. But Japanese people are indifferent to that.”</p><p><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/02/28/films/kazuo-hara-returns-form-documentary-filmmaker-sennan-asbestos-disaster/#.WpeTvmamM1J" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/<wbr>culture/2018/02/28/films/<wbr>kazuo-hara-returns-form-<wbr>documentary-filmmaker-sennan-<wbr>asbestos-disaster/#.<wbr>WpeTvmamM1J</a><br></p><p>Mark also published a review for Sunny/32 with the provocative headline, "<span style="font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,serif">If idol-pop and ‘Saw’ were to have a baby, this may be it."</span></p><p><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/02/28/films/film-reviews/sunny-32-idol-pop-saw-baby-may/#.WpeTw2amM1J" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/<wbr>culture/2018/02/28/films/film-<wbr>reviews/sunny-32-idol-pop-saw-<wbr>baby-may/#.WpeTw2amM1J</a><span style="font-family:utopia-std,Georgia,serif"><br></span></p><p>Markus</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div><div><div><div class="m_459199716835454861ydp789c1f0eyiv8401721635gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#274e13" face="courier new, monospace"><b><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/umich.edu/uc?id=1i0izwlsrcSvQgU4nMCzTLiOhmdDMm-xZ&export=download" width="56" height="96"><br></b></font></div><div><font color="#274e13" face="courier new, monospace"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div><span><font color="#38761d"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div><div><font color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</font><span>, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span>School of Art & Design</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font color="#6aa84f" face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font color="#93c47d" face="courier new, monospace"><b>Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</b></font></div><div><font color="#93c47d" face="courier new, monospace"><b>6348 North Quad</b></font></div><div><font color="#93c47d" face="courier new, monospace"><b>105 S. State Street</b></font></div><div><font color="#93c47d" face="courier new, monospace"><b>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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