<div><div dir="auto">Sad news. There seems to be some minor disagreement about his age, as several other sources, including Mainichi and Yomiuri, are saying he was 91.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 1:16 PM Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@lists.osu.edu">kinejapan@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div class="m_-7947932700597812427_1mj m_-7947932700597812427_1mf"><span>The film director Sawashima Tadashi has died at the age of 92. Sawashima joined Toei in 1950 and after working under such directors as Makino Masahiro debuted as a director in 1957. He is most known for his work in the ninkyo yakuza genre, but I am a particular fan of his films with Misora Hibari, which reveal a wonderful sense of play. I have shown ひばり・チエミの弥次喜多道中記 in class. His sense of theatricality is one reason he also directed many stage productions. His last film is listed as 1977, but he had been trying to film Chushingura in the last years of his life to no avail. R.I.P.</span></div></div><div><div class="m_-7947932700597812427_1mj m_-7947932700597812427_1mf"><span><br></span></div><div class="m_-7947932700597812427_1mj m_-7947932700597812427_1mf"><span><a href="https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2018/01/28/kiji/20180127s00041000249000c.html" target="_blank">https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2018/01/28/kiji/20180127s00041000249000c.html</a></span></div></div><br><br><div>
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