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Death Note Cinematographer Hiroshi Takase Dies
Date: 9/11/2006
Sankei Shimbun reports Death Note Cinematographer Hiroshi Takase has died on the 7th in Japan of a seizure, he was 50 years old. His Wake will be held on September 10th at 6 p.m., and his service will be held on the 11th from 10 a.m. at Nikka funeral hall in Fuchu, Tokyo. His younger brother Tsutomu will be the chief mourner. After a stint working as assistant for Nikkatsu he became independent in 1995. He worked on the live action Death Note films and "Paradise Lost" that went on to take a Japanese Academy Award for best photography.
Source: Anime News Service