[KineJapan] Film researcher Hatano Tetsuro passed away

[Markus Nornes]

I was saddened to hear this news. Hanano-sensei was one of those scholars
who you'd bump into all over the place. I remember the first time we met,
at my first year working for the Yamagata festival. He came to many of the
sessions for Nichibei Eigasen, and immediately struck me as someone who
knew an awful lot. That was before I knew anything about him. He went to
every Yamagata. I'd find him at bonenkai and art openings and film events
of every stripe. I loved his smile and soft demeanor as he chatted about
the latest film encounters. He was always interested and interesting. Not
long ago I told him I hoped to sit down and learn everything about *Cinema
69* and *70*. I'm so sad I didn't have the chance.

Markus


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*Markus Nornes*
*Professor of Asian Cinema*
Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and
Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design

*Department of Film, Television and Media*
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On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 1:22 PM Gerow Aaron via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> I was sad to see this news. Hatano-sensei was an important figure in post
> 1960s film studies in Japan. He was one of the editors of the very
> influential journal *Shinema 69* (later *Shinema 70*, etc.), which set
> the tone for film criticism of the 80s and 90s. He was a core member of the
> team that created *Gendai Nihon eigaron takei *(1970-72), still the best
> collection of postwar film criticism and theory. Later, he teamed with
> Iwamoto Kenji to produce *Eiga riron shusei *(1982), an important
> anthology of foreign and Japanese film theory. His other books include *Eiga
> kantoku ni naru ni w*a (1993) and translations of works such as Sheldon
> Renan’s *An Introduction to Underground Film*, and Jon Halliday’s
> interviews with Pasolini. He was also a filmmaker, most known for shooting
> his 16000 kilometer motorcycle trek across Eurasia, and was an emeritus
> professor at Tokyo Zokei University. I knew him through the Japan Society
> of Image Arts and Sciences, for which he served as president, and he helped
> me a lot with my article on the history of Japanese film criticism. I was
> most happy when he praised the piece I wrote.
>
> ご冥福をお祈りいたします。
>
> 2020/10/03 午前7:39、Schermann Susanne via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>のメール:
>
> The film researcher Hatano Tetsuro 波多野哲朗 passed away on October 2nd, aged
> 84.
> The wake and funeral will be held on October 5th and 6th, respectively,
> family only, but you can send flowers.
>
> Fax 03-5491-5195(公益社)
> Tel 0120-94-8341（公益社）
>
> Best from Tokyo,
> Susanne
>
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