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Dennis J. Duffy
@djduffy.bsky.social
Retired audio-visual archivist (ca. 2017). I write about BC & Canadian film history (& maybe Japanese cinema) and hope to find an outlet for my ramblings. Meanwhile my blog, Seriously Moving Images, is at movingimagesweb.wordpress.com
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Yes, and for some of the benshi, the transition was devastating. Kurosawa's older brother was one, and he committed suicide.
Yes, and Kurosawa wrote in his memoir that, 50 years later, he still hadn’t gotten over it. His brother was his artistic mentor.
DJ
Dennis J. Duffy
@djduffy.bsky.social
Retired audio-visual archivist (ca. 2017). I write about BC & Canadian film history (& maybe Japanese cinema) and hope to find an outlet for my ramblings. Meanwhile my blog, Seriously Moving Images, is at movingimagesweb.wordpress.com
43 followers43 following227 posts