Notable Deaths in 2017

A scene from a draft of Taniguchi Jirō’s early hit Botchan no jidai (trans. The Times of Botchan). (Photo by Nagasaka Yoshiki. © Papier 2017.)

Suzuki Seijun (center) is joined by cast members of his film Operetta tanuki goten (Princess Raccoon) at a press conference in Tokyo in 2005. (© Jiji)

Kakehashi Ikutarō in 2007. (©Jiji)

Hinohara Shigeaki at a press conference in Tokyo in 2015 for the release of one of his many books. (© Jiji)