Elections and movies

[drainer@mpinet.net]

Not film related, but TV related -- how about Docta Nakamatsu?

He was speaking in Ginza a few days ago, lots of people posing for pictures 
with him.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Gerow" <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
To: "KineJapan" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 1:10 AM
Subject: Elections and movies


> The local election campaigns are beginning to heat up in Japan and the 
> race for governor of Tokyo is garnering the most attention. Especially 
> with Prime Minister Abe's declining approval ratings and the victory of 
> Takeshi Gundan member Sonomanma Higashi (real name: Higashikokubaru Hideo) 
> in the race for governor of Miyazaki Prefecture a little while ago (he 
> appears as the drug tester in Getting Any?, or as Takeshi's foil in 
> Takeshi's Castle/MXC), many are wondering whether changes are in the wind. 
> The Tokyo race is appearing to have film connections as well, and not just 
> because the incumbent, Ishihara Shintaro, is the older brother of Ishihara 
> Yujiro, arguably postwar Japan's most famous male star, and has directed 
> and/or scripted several films. One of his prominent challengers is the 
> architect Kurokawa Kisho, who is known in the movie world as the husband 
> of the great Daiei actress Wakao Ayako (perhaps we'll see her on the 
> campaign trail?). And even the character actor Sakura Kinzo (who appears 
> as the rich man's chauffeur in Tampopo), is making a run for it.
>
> Aaron Gerow
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