<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>More than sadness about his passing,a celebratory smile plays around my face.</div><div>Shindo lived to be 100 after having worked with some of the best actors and directors in Japanese cinema history and having known many more.</div><div>As a scriptwriter,producer and director,he leaves an impressive body of work.</div><div>As a film historian,his books are always an important reference.I often find myself checking his Nihon Shinario-shi.</div><div>At 95,he was still directing and encouraging young people to take a more active role in society,not to mention that he was also having English private lessons at home!</div><div>Last month,the industry organised a birthday party for him where he addressed his guests by saying :"Domo arigato,sayonara".</div><div>How befitting that days before a number of cinemas start
retrospectives on his long career,he peacefully goes away,surrounded by his family </div><div>and wrapped in the respect of the public.</div><div><br></div><div>Maria-Jose</div><div><br></div><div><br></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"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Sybil Thornton <camford1989@yahoo.com><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, 31 May 2012, 5:33<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Kaneto Shindo dies...<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1564530906"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"
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<div>This is truly sad news. I saw a retrospective of his films in Hiroshima in 2001; the best were the latest ones--same cast, same location (his own dacha).</div>
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<div>I never met him, although I cleared the table one evening thirty-odd years ago when I was helping out the Okami-san of the Kingen Ryokan in Akasaka. He never noticed me. I was good at my job!</div>
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<div>S.A. Thornton</div>
<div>SHPRS</div>
<div>Arizona State University</div>
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<div><br>--- On <b>Wed, 5/30/12, Aaron Gerow <i><aaron.gerow@yale.edu></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;"><br>From: Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow@yale.edu><br>Subject: Re: Kaneto Shindo dies...<br>To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 5:26 AM<br><br>
<div class="yiv1564530906plainMail">Shindo Kaneto has passed away. While it is important to remember him as a film artist, I think it is also important for us all to remember him as a film historian. Not only did he direct films like "Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director," but he wrote numerous books that bring those early years of Japanese film to life. Those include:<br><br>Onna no issho: Sugimura Haruko no shogai<br>Sanmon yakusha no shi: Seiden Tonoyama Taiji<br>Tsuihoshatachi: Eiga no reddo paji<br>Nihon shinario-shi<br>Seishun monokuromu<br>Watakushi no sokuseki, dokuritsu puro 30-nen no ayumi<br><br>And many other writings.<br><br>My only occasion to meet Shindo-kaneto was at an academic conference. He did not seem out of place.<br><br>Aaron Gerow<br>Professor<br>Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures<br>Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies Program<br>Yale University<br>320 York Street, Room 311<br>PO Box
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Haven, CT 06520-8236<br>USA<br>Phone: 1-203-432-7082<br>Fax: 1-203-432-6729<br>e-mail: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://us.mc1615.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=aaron.gerow@yale.edu">aaron.gerow@yale.edu</a><br>website: www.aarongerow.com<br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>