<div dir="ltr">Dear Markus,<div><br></div><div>Aaron had actually announced this yesterday; perhaps it somehow slipped out of your inbox. In case that happened to others too, his message read as follows:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>"Very sad to hear of the passing of the great film director Obayashi Nobuhiko, whom I've welcomed to Yale and my house. His new film, Umibe no eigakan, was about to hit theaters, but was delayed because of the coronavirus crisis. <div><br></div><div>I will write more about this later, but I offer his family, who were so kind to us, our deepest condolences."</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202004110000014.html" target="_blank">https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202004110000014.html</a></div><br><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;border-spacing:0px"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;border-spacing:0px"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;border-spacing:0px"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;border-spacing:0px"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;border-spacing:0px"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Although I never myself met Obayashi personally, it is very sad news. There are many engaging films in his output, and they convey a sense of an agreeable personality behind them.</div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Best wishes,</div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">ALEX</div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>