[KineJapan] Suzuki Shirouyasu

[Gerow Aaron]

The family of the poet and filmmaker Suzuki Shirouyasu 鈴木志郎康 just announced on Facebook that he passed away on September 8 at age 87. A celebrated poet and a pioneer of personal documentary, he will be sorely missed.

Suzuki was long employed as a NHK cameraman, but under the influence of Mekas and others, shot personal documentaries on his own, becoming one of the key figures in the development of that genre in Japan. He later taught at multiple institutions, including Tokyo Zokei, Image Forum, and Tamabi. He was also a very influential poet, winning a number of the major poetry awards. 

We featured his work at Yamagata, and I more than once had wonderful conversations with him at Nihon Eizo Gakkai. 

His son uploaded some of his films to Vimeo about a decade ago. You can watch some of his master works, such as Impression of Sunset, there: https://vimeo.com/1904120 <https://vimeo.com/1904120?fbclid=IwAR2S-WWq3OEpOHdv5ku7DgqNyPAnkNT_eMjeyZsNAnM1KZWRy3cPXkfaW18>



Aaron Gerow
Alfred W. Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Film and Media Studies
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