2024.08.15 [Updates]
OBITUARY

August 11, 2024
Yano Kazuyuki
First representative of the Tokyo office of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF) and representative of Cinematrix Co., LTD.
In 1989, Yano helped launch YIDFF and devoted himself to building the festival’s foundation. He was also a representative of a film distribution company, Cinematrix, and was a member of the jury for the Asian Film Award at the 11th Tokyo International Film Festival in 1998.
 


 
May 16, 2024
Nakao Akira [Age: 81]
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©2002 TIFF ©2003 TIFF

 
Actor.
Born in Chiba prefecture in 1942.
Nakao was discovered in the 5th Nikkatsu New Face talent competition in 1962. He was starred in a number of films such as Only on Mondays (1964), Death at an Old Mansion (1975), Ninja Wars (1982), Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1991), Outrage Beyond (2012) and Fly me to the Saitama (2018). He has also appeared in numerous TV series and entertainment shows.
Other film appearances include six Godzilla movies starting with Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II in 1993. He was on stage for two special screenings, Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla at the 15th TIFF in 2002, and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. at the 16th TIFF in 2003.
 


 
May 9, 2024
Roger Corman [Age: 98]
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©2012 TIFF
Roger Corman at the 25th TIFF in 2012. He appeared on stage for the special midnight screening for the president of the jury : Corman’s Way.

 
Film producer and director.
Born in Detroit in 1926. Corman made a number of low-budget films and was known as the ‘King of B-movies.’
He was President of the Young Cinema Competition Jury at the 7th TIFF in 1994 and President of the Competition Jury at the 25th TIFF in 2012.
In 2012, TIFF held a special midnight event, Corman’s Way, to celebrate his remarkable achievements, including screenings of his film The Red Baron, and Corman took the stage after completing his duties as jury president.
 


 
April 30, 2024
Paul Auster [Age: 77]
Paul Auster
©1993 TIFF
Jury members of the Young Cinema Competition at the 6th Tokyo International Film Festival in 1993. From left; Paul Auster, Wim Wenders (filmmaker, jury president), Claudie Ossard (producer), Leslie Cheung (actor)

 
The author of 34 books including the acclaimed New York Trilogy.
At the 6th Tokyo International Film Festival in 1993, he served as a member of the jury for the Young Cinema Competition with jury president Wim Wenders and his fellow jurors Claudie Ossard, Suzuki Seijun, and Leslie Cheung.
In 1995, his novel Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story was adapted into the film Smoke, directed by Wayne Wang. He also wrote the screenplay. Auster and Wang co-directed the sequel, Blue in the Face.
 


 
March 14, 2024
Terada Minori [Age: 81]
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©2001 TIFF
At the memorial screening of Somai Shinji, who died suddenly on September 9, 2001. From left; Maemura Kazuo (film journalist), Enokido Koji (filmmaker), Kumagai Hideo (lighting director), Terada Minori, Shinoda Noboru (cinematographer), Naganuma Mutsuo (cinematographer)

 
Actor. Born November 7, 1942.
Terada starred in numerous films and TV series.
At the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2001, he appeared on stage at the special screening of The Catch by Somai Shinji.
 


 
January 20, 2024
Norman Jewison [Age: 97]
Norman Jewison
©2001 TIFF
Norman Jewison (center) served as Jury President for the International Competition with fellow jurors Catherine Dussart (producer, second left), Joey Wang (actress, second right), Daniel Schmid (film director, right end) and Hamano Yasuki (researcher, left end) at the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2001.

 
Film director. Born in Toronto, Canada. Jewison won the Academy Award for Best Picture for his 1967 film In the Heat of the Night. Throughout his career, he has directed a number of films, including Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck. He was Jury President for the International Competition at the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2001.
 


 
January 2, 2024
Milkman Saito [Age: 60]
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©2003 TIFF
Milkman Saito (center)

 
Film critic. Born in Kyoto in 1963.
Saito was a member of the jury for the Winds of Asia section at the 16th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2003.
 


 
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