<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span>One of the great postwar actresses.</span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span>Her performance in Meoto-Zenzai was simply brilliant.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">Yes,her brother Yusuke Steve Nakagawa was an animator and worked with Willie Ito (Disney-Hanna Barbera</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; ">)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; ">.</span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span>Nakagawa
worked for Rankin/Bass,the American production company although most of the work was done in Japan at Toei Animation.</span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">Ribon No Kishi comes as no surprise since Tezuka was much inspired by the Takarazuka Revue:</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><a href="http://tezukainenglish.com/bm/analysis/analysis-essays/tezuka-and-takurazuka-theater-a-brief-introduction.shtml"><font class="Apple-style-span">http://tezukainenglish.com/bm/analysis/analysis-essays/tezuka-and-takurazuka-theater-a-brief-introduction.shtml</font></a><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman',
'new york', times, serif; "><span>Maria-Jose Gonzalez</span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow@yale.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 16 February 2012, 22:54<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
Awashima Chikage<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv178648163"><div>The news reports say that the great actress Awashima Chikage passed away. Not that well known abroad because she often did comedy (though she was great at serious roles as well), she was a force to be missed.<div><br></div><div>Here's a news report in Japanese:</div><div><br></div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.47news.jp/CN/201202/CN2012021601000990.html">http://www.47news.jp/CN/201202/CN2012021601000990.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Here's my report:</div><div><br></div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.aarongerow.com/news/awashima-chikage.html">http://www.aarongerow.com/news/awashima-chikage.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>The Japanese Wikipedia article contains a bunch of interesting trivia, such as that Awashima was the model for Tezuka Osamu's Ribon no kishi, or that her younger brother was a Hanna Barbera animator, but I'll wait
to see extra proof of that.</div><br><br><div>
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span class="yiv178648163Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: Helvetica; "><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span class="yiv178648163Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: Helvetica; "><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><div>Aaron Gerow<br>Professor<br>Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures<br>Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies
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