・Ken Takakura, Japanese Film Actor, Dies at 83
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/movies/ken-takakura-japanese-film-actor-dies-at-83.html?ref=obituaries&_r=0
また一人、「映画界の巨人」が旅立たれました。日本が世界に誇る名優「高倉健」です。
「健さん」の愛称で誰からも慕われた氏は、その独特な演技（人格そのもの？）で、米国の名優「Clint Eastwood」と並び評されることもあったそうです。
「Mr. Takakura, who because of his quiet, brooding screen presence was often compared to Clint Eastwood, made his screen debut in 1956 and rose to fame in the 1960s in crime films like “Abashiri Prison” (1965). Much of his appeal stemmed from his image as a hero fighting authority figures on behalf of the poor and weak.」
日本国内はもちろん、国際的にも活躍された健さんの死を惜しむ声が、そこかしこから聞こえて来ます。
「He won a best-actor award at the Montreal World Film Festival for his performance in the 1999 film “Railroad Man.” He also appeared in a number of American movies, notably as a police inspector in Ridley Scott’s "Black Rain” (1989), with Michael Douglas, and — in one of his rare comic roles — as a coach in “Mr. Baseball” (1992), with Tom Selleck. His first major American movie was “The Yakuza” (1974), directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Mitchum.」
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