<div dir="ltr"><div>Marcus,</div><div><br></div><div>Per your Hollywood Reporter link, <i>Labyrinth of Cinema </i>was featured in a special presentation at the TIFF last year, so some KJers should have seen it:</div><div><br></div><div><p><em>Labyrinth of Cinema</em> had been scheduled to be released in
Japan on the day of his death. The date has been pushed back because of
the coronavirus pandemic, which has closed theaters.</p>
<p>"Director Obayashi fought his sickness to the day of the scheduled
release of his film. Rest in peace, director Obayashi, you who loved
films so much you kept on making them," the announcement said.</p>
<p>The film was showcased at the Tokyo International Film Festival last
year, which honored him as a "cinematic magician" and screened several
of his other works.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Bill<br></p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 11:46 AM Markus Nornes via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">Oops. Don’t know how I missed that. I’m glad to hear Aaron will write more. Not to put pressure on him (!), but I know he made a concerted effort to seek out and systematically watch every Obayashi film he could get his hands on before the Yale event. He has many interesting things to say about them and the visit to New Haven.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Has anyone seen the new film? There were surely previews before the postponement...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Markus</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 9:54 AM Alexander Jacoby <<a href="mailto:alexanderjacoby@brookes.ac.uk" target="_blank">alexanderjacoby@brookes.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><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><div><div><div><div><div><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><div><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><div><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><div><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><div><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><div><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><div><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><div><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><div><br></div><div>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><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>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>
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