Hiroki Hasegawa

Film / Reviews Aug 3, 2016

'Shin Godzilla': The metaphorical monster returns

by Mark Schilling

Watching "Shin Godzilla," Toho's reboot of its signature monster series, I couldn't help feeling sorry for the non-Japanese fans forced to read a blizzard of subtitles for this extremely talky and densely populated film, with a break every 10 minutes or so for Godzilla ...

Film / Reviews Aug 12, 2015

Love blooms like incendiary bombs in 'Kono Kuni no Sora'

by Mark Schilling

Veteran scriptwriter Haruhiko Arai spent three decades trying to adapt Yuichi Takai's 1983 novel "Kono Kuni no Sora" ("This Country's Sky") for the screen — and the wait was worth it. The film, about a 19-year-old girl's awakening to love and life in the closing ...