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Want to know Japanese cinema? Get to know Mark Schilling

Books Jan 18, 2020

Want to know Japanese cinema? Get to know Mark Schilling

by Alyssa I. Smith

The Japan Times film critic Mark Schilling celebrates 30-plus years of reviewing Japanese cinema with his latest book, "Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000."

'The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture': A quality guide to the Showa Era and beyond

Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Sep 2, 2017

'The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture': A quality guide to the Showa Era and beyond

by Mark Schreiber

As members of Japan's postwar baby boom generation approach their seventh decade, they have been wallowing in an extended nostalgia boom over the historical and cultural accouterments of the Showa Era (1926-89). If you feel left out of the discussion, the antidote is to ...

Once a drug user in Japan, always an outcast

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Jul 1, 2017

Once a drug user in Japan, always an outcast

by Philip Brasor

Since being arrested for possession of stimulant drugs on June 2, it is assumed that 30-year-old actor Ryo Hashizume's career is over. As Mark Schilling wrote in the June 15 Japan Times, Hashizume's latest film, in which he played a supporting role, was pulled ...

Looking back on a major turning point

Books / Reviews Jan 26, 2013

Looking back on a major turning point

by Mark Schilling

Routinely acclaimed as a giant of world cinema in his lifetime, Akira Kurosawa has slipped in the global director league rankings since his death in 1998.

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