<p dir="ltr">His performance as a director in Morisaki Azuma's Location (1984), about a troupe shooting a pink film, is also worth mentioning <br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 19 Oct 2024, 09:30 Aaron Gerow via KineJapan, <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.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="line-break:after-white-space">Very sad to hear of his passing.<div><span dir="auto"><br></span></div><div><span dir="auto">Nishida quit Meiji University to become an actor and quickly became one of Japan's most versatile performers. He appeared on film and television, did drama and comedy, sang hit songs and hosted TV variety shows. To some he is most famous for starring in the long running Tsuri baka nisshi series and other Yamada Yoji films; to others, he was the star of four <span><a rel="noreferrer"></a></span>Taiga Dramas and appeared in nine more; to some, he was the MC of Knight Scoop, a popular late night variety show; and to yet others, he was the star of the musical Fiddler on the Roof. Kitano Takeshi fans remember him for his appearances in the Outrage films. He won many awards both as a serious actor and as a comedian, and was given the Order of the Rising Sun in 2018. He will sorely be missed.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Aaron Gerow<br id="m_-1355658491055123813lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>10/17/24 午後9:51、Schermann Susanne via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>>のメール:</div><br><div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif;margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif">The actor Nishida Toshiyuki passed away on October 17th, aged 76.<span> </span></span></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif;margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif">He will be most remembered for the<span> </span></span><em style="font-size:16px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif">Tsuribaka Nisshi</em><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif"><span> </span>series (FIshing Nut's Diary, 1988 - 2009). I like his collaboration with the director Yamada Yoji in<span> </span></span><em style="font-size:16px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif">Gakko</em><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif"><span> </span>(A Class to Remember, 1993). He was always himself, I would say, but he was very good at that. Rest in peace, and thanks</span></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif;margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif"></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif;margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiyuki_Nishida" style="font-size:13px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,100,200);text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiyuki_Nishida</a></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif;margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Class_to_Remember" style="font-size:13px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,100,200);text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Class_to_Remember</a></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif;margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:"MS P\0030b4\0030b7\0030c3\0030af",sans-serif"></div><di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