New York Times Obit

Coincidentally, Criterion just recently released Fires on the Plain and The Burmese Harp.

There's a thread already over at the Asian page, though, like you, I consider Ichikawa a world-wide director.

http://z8.invisionfree.com/MHVF/index.php?showtopic=9163

I tend to "bury" most of the departed in Worldwide, though I had noticed the thread in Asian. I did, however, commit RHODA co-star David Groh to TV.