Kon Ichikawa, Japanese Film Director, Dies at 92
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Mr. Ichikawaâs versatility ranged beyond his well-known antiwar dramas like âThe Burmese Harpâ and âFires on the Plainâ to comedies, documentaries and literary adaptations.
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Japan's Takeshi Kitano pokes fun at himself, fellow film-makers and the cinema industry in his latest work, the surreal tale of a director on a quest to shoot the ultimate movie that everyone will love.
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Aaron Russo, who managed Bette Midler and went on to produce such films as "Trading Places," has died. He was 64.
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Jan Wolkers, one of the major Dutch writers of the post-war period, died Friday aged 81, media reported.
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French filmmaker Philippe de Broca, whose works include King of Hearts and That Man from Rio, died on Friday aged 71, according to a close aide.
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Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa is posthumously influencing the video game industry for a second time.
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Right now his bungalow in Juhu looks like a flower orchard. Unarguably IndiaÂs most successful filmmaker, Yash Chopra turned 72 yesterday (September 27).
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severed head of a man found in Baghdad were of Koda. Newspapers reported his killing. Japan on October 23, killing at least 36 people and forcing 100,000 from their homes.
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SANMU, Japan  - A veteran cinematographer of   dozens of "Godzilla" movies, Kenichi Eguchi traded his camera   for a tractor two years ago to begin farming a couple of hours   away from Tokyo, his long time home.
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Democratic Rep. Bob Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.
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Adult film-maker Russ Meyer, one of the pioneers of the porn movie industry, has died in Los Angeles aged 82. Meyer - nicknamed King Leer - produced, directed, wrote, edited and shot over 20 films, including the 1965 cult hit Faster, Pussycat!
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Charles Lane, the prolific character actor whose name was little known but whose crotchety persona and roles in hundreds of films made him instantly recognizable to generations of moviegoers, has died. He was 102.
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Viktor Schreckengost, an artist and prolific industrial designer whose ubiquitous works ranged from familiar toys and White House porcelain to innovative trucks and even lawn mowers, has died. He was 101.
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Rep. Robert T. Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.
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Sembene Ousmane, the father of Senegalese cinema and one of the pioneers of the art in Africa, died at his home over the weekend after a long illness. He was 84.
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HOLLYWOOD - Janet Leigh, Hollywood&#39;s perfect &quot;nice girl&quot; ingenue who memorably changed her acting image and earned an Academy Award nomination in Alfred Hitchcock&#39;s classic &quot;Psycho,&quot; has died.
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Janet Leigh, the wholesome beauty who co-starred with James Stewart, John Wayne and Frank Sinatra in films of the 1940s to 1960s and achieved her most lasting fame as the victim of a shower slashing in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," died Sunday at her Beverly Hills, Calif., home, the New York Daily News reported on its Web site Monday. She was 77.