<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">It was announced that the TV and film director Yamagiwa Eizo passed away on November 28 at the age of 92. Yamagiwa graduated from Keio and entered Shintoho, where he studied under Uchida Tomu and Ishii Teruo. He only directed one film, Kyonetsu no hate, before moving to TV, where he directed a number of famous series from Kometto-san to several of the Ultraman series. He also penned a lot of film criticism and co-authored a book with <span class="html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs"><a attributionsrc="/privacy_sandbox/comet/register/source/?xt=AZVCXa_io7DUqnRupYTpyYolmKE9sTZE7FiJcC3IAD2tBtEP-eovDOqNy5SsgJ2P5T8UeprGmbqTyWdFJN2vwCt7_W4Ipz2H3bA2AVCJCJ0tonwo01fIawJfAsExIJTKKXx4RT9exBdU-wpyWtj6OwR4WCDC99dpsmPMuJ7wcegvf--uAvmaJ_FLoIWVU4tHQxhkROrATQgjm0EohPA5O4OCwUOEP2Yw4GvWylosiZBmew6_M7GBCkpcSQf1USijHP4Zr98Uhbcq-77VPJq0jKKezfUqTD5c6qVfMDDT2jA8Qqa_va1Fik_A4dMGW05IBmUyci5SKLu5jEeLyUTHNbjqhL64pJMgIqC0WL8l6PyfLQ" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1sur9pj xkrqix3 x1fey0fg x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/makoto.naitoh.9?__cft__[0]=AZXfB0GaxNVKEqAnvTFo8wgjNpqF4tzsoiKM8h5EHosRl2OrqZJ8MEC1CmO2hZNBP0UBGOmkBuaMxV9RQKwv1D-66NR6zkRZMgHzajFOIKE3dA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2">Makoto Naitoh</span></a></span> about his career. Just a <span class="html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs"><a tabindex="-1" class="html-a xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs"></a></span>couple of months ago a book on him by Ikeda Yoshiro was published. Yamagiwa was active in his last years in protesting the death penalty and cases of wrongful conviction.</span><div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><br></span></div><div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><a href="https://www.sanspo.com/article/20241204-A5DI4AEC2FKQ5KAV5YDYSWFB4E/">https://www.sanspo.com/article/20241204-A5DI4AEC2FKQ5KAV5YDYSWFB4E/</a></span></div><div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><br></span></div><div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">This is the recent book on him: </span></div><div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><br></span></div><div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><a href="https://www.maruzenjunkudo.co.jp/products/9784864051842">https://www.maruzenjunkudo.co.jp/products/9784864051842</a></span></div><div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><br></span></div><div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">Aaron Gerow</span></div></body></html>