[KineJapan] Tsugawa Masahiko

Tue Aug 7 19:08:58 EDT 2018

Aaron, many thanks for this information- this is fascinating. I always wondered if the relationship of the Senbon-gumi (that Makino of course was very tight with) played a role in brokering uses of the temple grounds. Many of the temples had deep relationships with local yakuza groups. Tojiin is slightly outside of what would have been their central territory, but it’s not too far off either.

Best,
Alex

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Alex,

My guess is that he will not be interred there. His father, brother, and his brother’s wife, Minamida Yoko, are interred in Kotokuji in Nakano, so he might end up in the same grave. Or he might have his own grave set up elsewhere. One question is where Asaoka is or will be interred.

The last time I was in Tojin, I thought I remembered his mother’s name there. Perhaps there will be bunkotsu? Kobayashi Masaki’s ashes, for instance, are divided between Kamakura and Yamaguchi.

As for the relationship with Tojiin, I don’t recall the specifics, but it is well known that after the Meiji government’s anti-Buddhist policies, many Buddhist temples were in financially poor shape and film crews could shoot at temples that now, given prestige and regulations on cultural properties, could not happen now. Given that Onoe Matsunosuke is also buried in a Tojiin graveyard (though the one inside the Ritsumeikan campus—Kinugasa is also there), Tojiin also had broader relationships with the film community.

Aaron

2018/08/08 午前6:50、Zahlten, Alexander <azahlten at fas.harvard.edu<mailto:azahlten at fas.harvard.edu>> のメール：

Aaron, I wonder if you know if Tsugawa will be buried on the grounds of Tojiin Temple in Kyoto (close to Ritsumeikan University)? I haven’t been able to find information if that is the case. Large parts of the Makino family are buried there- fascinatingly, Makino built a studio on the grounds of the temple (!) in 1921, and there is a statue there today in his honor. How and why the temple grounds became the site for one of the early Kyoto studios would be a great research project-

Best,
Alex

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Alexander Zahlten
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Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Harvard University
Director of Graduate Studies, Regional Studies East Asia

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The great actor Tsugawa Masahiko has died at the age of 78. Starting as a child actor (he appears in Sansho Dayu), Tsugawa was known first for his appearances in sun tribe films such as Crazed Fruit, as well as early Oshima films. After appearing in many yakuza films, he was a regular in Itami Juzo's movies, and starred in many TV dramas. He was acting in 4-5 films a year even up to the end. He was a member of the Makino clan that reigned over the Japanese film world: his grandfather was Makino Shozo (the "father" of Japanese film), his mother the actress Makino Tomoko, his father the actor Sawamura Kunitaro, his brother the actor Nagato Hiroyuki. His wife was the actress Asaoka Yukiji, who died in April. Tsugawa also directed films under the name Makino Masahiko, after his uncle Makino Masahiro.

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