Kaneto Shindo dies...

[Aaron Gerow]

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
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Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
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Yale University
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