Sabu at Berlin

[Aaron Gerow]

For those who haven't heard the news already, the awards for the Berlin 
Festival were announced the other day and Sabu's Kofuku no kane (The 
Blessing Bell) was the only Japanese film to win an award. It was was 
given the NETPAC award as the best Asian film by the NETPAC jury. Other 
films, including Tasogare Seibei, did not win anything. 

Any reactions on the films shown there or on the reception of those films?

Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
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