Kaneto Shindo dies...

[Maria Jose Gonzalez]

More than sadness about his passing,a celebratory smile plays around my face.
Shindo lived to be 100 after having worked with some of the best actors and directors in Japanese cinema history and having known many more.
As a scriptwriter,producer and director,he leaves an impressive body of work.
As a film historian,his books are always an important reference.I often find myself checking his Nihon Shinario-shi.
At 95,he was still directing and encouraging young people to take a more active role in society,not to mention that he was also having English private lessons at home!
Last month,the industry organised a birthday party for him where he addressed his  guests by saying :"Domo arigato,sayonara".
How befitting that days before a number of cinemas start retrospectives on his long career,he peacefully goes away,surrounded by his family 
and wrapped in the respect of the public.

Maria-Jose



________________________________
 From: Sybil Thornton <camford1989 at yahoo.com>
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
Sent: Thursday, 31 May 2012, 5:33
Subject: Re: Kaneto Shindo dies...
 


Hello, all,
 
This is truly sad news.  I saw a retrospective of his films in Hiroshima in 2001; the best were the latest ones--same cast, same location (his own dacha).
 
I never met him, although I cleared the table one evening thirty-odd years ago when I was helping out the Okami-san of the Kingen Ryokan in Akasaka.  He never noticed me.  I was good at my job!
 
S.A. Thornton
SHPRS
Arizona State University
 
 

--- On Wed, 5/30/12, Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu> wrote:


>From: Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
>Subject: Re: Kaneto Shindo dies...
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 5:26 AM
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>Shindo Kaneto has passed away. While it is important to remember him as a film artist, I think it is also important for us all to remember him as a film historian. Not only did he direct films like "Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director," but he wrote numerous books that bring those early years of Japanese film to life. Those include:
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>Onna no issho: Sugimura Haruko no shogai
>Sanmon yakusha no shi: Seiden Tonoyama Taiji
>Tsuihoshatachi: Eiga no reddo paji
>Nihon shinario-shi
>Seishun monokuromu
>Watakushi no sokuseki, dokuritsu puro 30-nen no ayumi
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>And many other writings.
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>My only occasion to meet Shindo-kaneto was at an academic conference. He did not seem out of place.
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>Aaron Gerow
>Professor
>Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
>Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies Program
>Yale University
>320 York Street, Room 311
>PO Box 208236
>New
 Haven, CT 06520-8236
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>Phone: 1-203-432-7082
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>website: www.aarongerow.com
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