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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>
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<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=plainMail>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 208236<BR>New
Haven, CT 06520-8236<BR>USA<BR>Phone: 1-203-432-7082<BR>Fax: 1-203-432-6729<BR>e-mail: <A href="http://us.mc1615.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=aaron.gerow@yale.edu" ymailto="mailto: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></table>