Kaneto Shindo dies...

[Sybil Thornton]

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


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:

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

And many other writings.

My only occasion to meet Shindo-kaneto was at an academic conference. He did not seem out of place.

Aaron Gerow
Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies Program
Yale University
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