<div dir="ltr">I am very saddened by this news! As a student who wrote a thesis on <i>Family Game</i>, I was just going to revisit this film this week. Rest in Peace Morita Yoshimitsu! We will continue to adore your works.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Aaron Gerow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aaron.gerow@yale.edu">aaron.gerow@yale.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">The news reports offer the shocking news that the director Morita Yoshimitsu, of Family Game's fame, has passed away. <div><br></div><div><a href="http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/12/132844.html" target="_blank">http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/12/132844.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I wrote up a short piece on my blog:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.aarongerow.com/news/morita-yoshimitsus-death.html" target="_blank">http://www.aarongerow.com/news/morita-yoshimitsus-death.html</a></div>
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