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  Betting at 05:03 PM JST - 11th June

  Ugh, I hate it when people like this die. After you see them around for year after year, they have a special place in your life that when they die you realise how special people are, even the ones we don't have direct contact with.

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  cleo at 05:07 PM JST - 11th June

  When I first came to Japan and my Japanese was next to non-existent, I couldn't fathom his Eigatte iimon desune! I thought there was a verb eigaru.

  RIP, Mr. Mizuno. I hope they have a good cinema up there for you.

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  borscht at 07:39 PM JST - 11th June

  Pity. I watched his shows, too, for a long time. RIP.

  Anyone know what movies he produced?

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  USNinJapan2 at 08:35 PM JST - 11th June

  Mizuno-san was the face and voice on my television every Wednesday night growing up. Yodogawa-san was on Sundays, Mizuno-san on Wednesdays. This is very sad news indeed.

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  timorborder at 11:59 PM JST - 11th June

  Another quality Japanese TV icon passes away, there are so few remaining. Despite the poor quality of some of the movies that both he and Yodogawa-san were forced to review on their programs (due to the tight-wad TV stations not wanting to pay broadcast royalties for anything good), I always got the impression that this guy was very much captivated by the cinematic experience. Rest in Peace Mizuno-san.

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  presto345 at 04:16 PM JST - 12th June

  I watched his movie show on Wednesdays hundreds of times. I miss him. 安らかに眠ってください。Thank you for all the joy you gave me Haruo.

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  Sarge at 09:45 PM JST - 13th June

  Cleo - That's "Yaaaaaa, eigatte honto ni iimon desune!"

  RIP, Mr. Mizuno. Or Mr. Yamashi-ta. His real name was Tomohiro Yamashi-ta. Amazing how I had to put a hyphen between the "i" and the "t" in his last name to get past JT's new "potentially offensive content" firewall, lol...

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