呉宇森など

承前*1

Ben Beaumont-Thomas “Actor Ken Takakura, master of the yakuza role, dies aged 83” http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/18/actor-ken-takakura-dies-aged-83-yakuza

『ガーディアン』の高倉健追悼記事。
曰く、

It was in yakuza films that Takakura made his name in the 1960s, making as many as 10 films a year in a style known as ninkyo eiga, so-called “chivalric films” in which maverick yakuza would seek out justice for ordinary people. “I think that the reason the general public identified with the roles I played, was that they were struck by my stance as a man who unrelentingly stands up to absurd injustices,” Takakura aid earlier this year. “It wasn’t just that I was just going off to a sword fight, but that my character was willing to sacrifice himself in order to protect the people important to him.”*2

呉宇森（John Woo）*3にとっても高倉健は「アイドル」のひとりだったというエピソードで締め括られている；

Takakura was also feted by director John Woo. To create the character played by Chow Yun-Fat in his film A Better Tomorrow, Woo said: “I put all my idols together – Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Alain Delon and Ken Takakura.”

男たちの挽歌<デジタル・リマスター版> [DVD]

また、中国外交部は高倉健哀悼のコメントを出している。
「外交部回応高倉健逝世：他是国人熟悉的藝術家」*4から；

问：在中国有很多影迷、为中日友好做出过贡献的日本电影演员高仓健近日去世。中方对此有何评论？

答：高仓健先生是中国人民熟悉的日本艺术家，为促进中日文化交流作出过重要的积极贡献。我们对他的逝世表示哀悼。

また、張藝謀のコメントを巡っては、例えば、

京華時報「高倉健離世張藝謀表哀思：他是我的偶像、一個神」http://ent.163.com/14/1119/07/ABD9NQCA00032DGD.html
中国新聞網「張藝謀憶高倉健：別了”杜丘”」http://ent.163.com/14/1119/14/ABE00USU00032DGD.html
華西都市報「高倉健：我很想把張藝謀当做自己的児子」http://news.ifeng.com/a/20141119/42510649_0.shtml

など。「杜丘」は『君よ憤怒の河を渉れ』（佐藤純彌監督、中国でのタイトルは『追捕』）*5の役名。最後に挙げた『華西都市報』の記事は、1986年の高倉健初訪中について詳しい。

君よ憤怒の河を渉れ [DVD]

また、姜文*6のコメント。姜文も先ず『追捕』に言及している；

尹雪松「姜文追憶高倉健：他的影片曽譲中国観衆認識世界」http://ent.163.com/14/1119/13/ABDTEJ7Q00032DGD.html

*1:http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20141118/1416325456

*2:Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky and Jake Adelstein “Some parting words from Yakuza movie icon Takakura Ken on yakuza films, his favourite movies, and acting” http://www.japansubculture.com/yakuza-movie-icon-takakura-ken-talks-to-jsrc-about-yakuza-movies-exclusive/

*3:Mentioned in http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20090201/1233467610 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20110330/1301461024 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20110709/1310151718

*4:http://www.dzwww.com/yule/yulezhuanti/mtcbg/201411/t20141118_9893534.htm

*5:Mentioned in http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20070611/1181541252 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20070721/1185032322 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20110720/1311101778 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20110722/1311261927

*6:Mentioned in http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20060808/1155057802 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20070618/1182147489 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20070618/1182147489 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20091027/1256611953 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20110722/1311261927