[KineJapan] Obayashi RIP

[William C. Thompson]

The Japan Society in New York had a small retrospective of Obayashi films
in late 2015.  You can enjoy his smiling face as he playfully introduces
his films:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDCMUCTaShPsubqMP0IdcvzSTqeg&v=Wm7bO255MTQ&feature=emb_rel_end

Here is a Q&A he did there with Aaron Gerow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI4RsT89cz8&feature=emb_rel_end

And the program itself:

https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/obayashi-retrospective


Enjoy,
Bill Thompson

On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 11:05 AM Jim Harper via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Very sad to hear this, although not unexpected. Even though it's one of
> his more neglected movies, Ijintachi tono natsu was the first Japanese film
> I saw, in what was probably its only UK TV screening back in 1990, when I
> was 16 years old and watching late night TV instead of revising for my GCSE
> exams that week. It blew me away, and there's a good chance that without
> that film, I wouldn't now be writing about Japanese cinema (especially
> horror) and living in Hiroshima with a Japanese wife. So I have a lot to
> thank Obayashi for.
>
> RIP.
>
> Jim Harper.
> On Saturday, 11 April 2020, 22:45:58 GMT+9, Markus Nornes via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>
>
> I was waiting on Aaron, who was a friend of the director, but the world
> situation must be putting him off his game. This was not unexpected, but
> the great Obayashi Nobuhiko passed this week. These days, we immediately
> wonder if it was the virus. But it was the stage 4 lung cancer he was
> diagnosed with four years ago, and through which he tirelessly worked.
>
> Here is Mark’s obit in Variety:
>
>
> https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/nobuhiko-obayashi-dies-dead-japanese-director-1234577784/
>
> And the Reporter:
>
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nobuhiko-obayashi-dead-japanese-filmmaker-was-82-1289895
>
> And JT:
>
> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/11/national/director-nobuhiko-obayashi-dies/#.XpHH8yUpDDs
>
> Incredibly, Obayashi has a new film. It was to have been in theaters now,
> but the release date has been postponed because of the pandemic. Here is
> the homepage. Looks like loads of fun. Naturally.
>
> https://umibenoeigakan.jp
>
> Markus
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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