Mirrorman's Nobuyuki Ishida poses with his heroic alter ego at Super Festival in January 2016. Photo by Brett Homenick.
The Japanese media is reporting that Mirrorman star Nobuyuki Ishida, who played Kyotaro Kagami, passed away at a hospital in Kawasaki City of colon cancer on June 13. The funeral was held on June 16. He was 68.
Nobuyuki Ishida discusses his career at Super Festival in January 2016. Photo by Brett Homenick.
Mirrorman (1971-72) remains one of Tsuburaya Productions' most popular tokusatsu series, and Mr. Ishida was a sought-after guest at many fan events in Japan. He had been battling health issues in recent years, but he still attended as many of these events as he could.
With Nobuyuki Ishida in October 2015.
I had the distinct privilege of meeting Mr. Ishida at one such event in October 2015. Though he would continue to make appearances at other gatherings for some time thereafter, this would be the only time I'd get to greet him in person.
Rest in peace, Mr. Ishida.
Tokusatsu maven Maxwell Bresee has posted this tribute to Mr. Ishida at Beta Capsule Reviews.
Tokusatsu maven Maxwell Bresee has posted this tribute to Mr. Ishida at Beta Capsule Reviews.
Mr.Ishida is really proudly Tokusatsu Star. We were in a new movie "Vamp" that it'll be showing in this August.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace Ishida-san.