“Hero’s Island” director Keisuke Otomo recreates Okinawa’s postwar turmoil in rich detail, but some of the anger from the source novel gets lost on screen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/25/film/heros-island/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #satoshitsumabuki #suzuhirose #masatakakubota #keisukeotomo #junjoshindo
‘Hero’s Island’: Okinawa-set epic is lavishly realized but lacks bite

Keisuke Otomo recreates postwar turmoil in rich detail that is sometimes more vivid than the characters themselves.

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