[KineJapan] Obayashi RIP

[Markus Nornes]

Oops. Don’t know how I missed that. I’m glad to hear Aaron will write
more.  Not to put pressure on him (!), but I know he made a concerted
effort to seek out and systematically watch every Obayashi film he could
get his hands on before the Yale event. He has many interesting things to
say about them and the visit to New Haven.

Has anyone seen the new film?  There were surely previews before the
postponement...

Markus



On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 9:54 AM Alexander Jacoby <
alexanderjacoby at brookes.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear Markus,
>
> Aaron had actually announced this yesterday; perhaps it somehow slipped
> out of your inbox. In case that happened to others too, his message read as
> follows:
>
>
> "Very sad to hear of the passing of the great film director Obayashi
> Nobuhiko, whom I've welcomed to Yale and my house. His new film, Umibe no
> eigakan, was about to hit theaters, but was delayed because of the
> coronavirus crisis.
>
> I will write more about this later, but I offer his family, who were so
> kind to us, our deepest condolences."
>
> https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202004110000014.html
>
>
> Although I never myself met Obayashi personally, it is very sad news.
> There are many engaging films in his output, and they convey a sense of an
> agreeable personality behind them.
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> ALEX
>
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