Sato Makoto, RIP (E+J)

[Aaron Gerow]

My wife and I were also shocked this morning to get the news of  
Sato's death. As Markus quite eloquently expressed it, it is was hard  
to believe that such a kind, gentle and intelligent man could suffer  
in that way. Gomeifuku o inorimasu.

Markus did a great job eulogizing Sato, but I wanted to add that one  
thing that always impressed me about Sato was his dedication not only  
to filmmaking, but also to teaching and studying film and  
documentary. He was a teacher at university and at the Film School of  
Tokyo, and published a number of books about film, particularly  
documentary, including:

Nichijo to iu na no kagami: dokyumentari eiga no genkai (Gaifusha, 1997)
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Dokyumentari eiga no chihei: Sekai o hihanteki ni uketomeru tame ni   
(2 vols.) (Gaifusha, 2001)
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Eiga ga hajimaru tokoro (Gaifusha, 2002)
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Dokyumentari no shujigaku (Misuzu shobo, 2006)
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I hope that not only his films, but his books and students live long  
as well.

Aaron Gerow
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies Program
Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University
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USA
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e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu