Tetsuo Ishidate

i just heard this news that one of my long-time favorite actor tetsuo ishidate(石立鉄男) has passed away. as a student i really loved watching his home comedy drama series on tv. even at that time those series that he played the leading roles must have been on more than 3rd or 4th run, and people thought his acting style was too lame and old-fashioned.

at that time i think i only had a vague memory that i had watched them when i was really really small. until then i never regared him as my favorite, but soon after i started to watch it i found that on tv i realized he was a really brilliant actor. i especially loved the tone of his voice.

after a little while, some so called fashionable people brought those series up again as something cool and trendy. the time was ready to call him back to the spotlight, but he never appeared as they had expected. later i heard that he rather refused to do so.




May his soul rest in peace.