Mark Schilling (born 1949)[1] is an American film critic, journalist, translator, and author based in Tokyo, Japan.
[2] He has been an occasional commentator for NHK's English broadcasts of sumo tournaments since they began in 1992.
[6] Schilling's 1997 book, The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture, was described by D. James Romero of Los Angeles Times as "a history as well as a guidebook to one of the freshest influences in the American popular stream.
[2] Schilling has also written books such as Contemporary Japanese Film,[8] The Yakuza Movie Book: A Guide to Japanese Gangster Films,[9] and No Borders, No Limits: Nikkatsu Action Cinema.
[10] He curated the "No Borders, No Limits: 1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema" series for Japan Society in 2007.