[KineJapan] New Hara Film

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

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 herehttps://www.japansociety.org.uk/44376/sennan-asbestos-disaster/Rogermacyroger@yahoo.co.uk


 

    On Thursday, 1 March 2018, 05:58:27 GMT, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu> wrote:  
 
 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. 
But I like it. Definitely seek it out. 
Today Mark Schilling published his review: 

“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.

“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.”

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/02/28/films/kazuo-hara-returns-form-documentary-filmmaker-sennan-asbestos-disaster/#.WpeTvmamM1J


Mark also published a review for Sunny/32 with the provocative headline, "If idol-pop and ‘Saw’ were to have a baby, this may be it."

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/02/28/films/film-reviews/sunny-32-idol-pop-saw-baby-may/#.WpeTw2amM1J


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