On a sprawling Sino-Japanese war film set in a Shanghai studio, Japanese actor Tenma Shibuya leaned into this reporter and quietly warned, "Don't speak Japanese."Chinese parents and their son, sightseeing, passed by, reacting with disgust while recalling a scene from the production. "This is the place where Japanese soldiers beheaded Chinese people."For Shibuya, 56, the moment captures the tension he has lived with for more than 15 years in China, where simply being Japanese has drawn him into international, political and historical issues. "Japanese people bear the burden of the cross," he…READ FULL ARTICLE
