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Lyle Kurisaki: soldier, treasury agent, promoter, ex-convict and now crime preventer
•DOS ANGELES.'--— TKe -life merican.children.
his dudes .come in here thinking ning a television series on crime
Lyle’s with criminals playing, the ma“I guess I was an .idealist, too,” family as a management consul- they’re pretty - bad, but
of Lyle Kurisaki reads _ like a
jor roles. It is scheduled for fil
said- Kurisaki. “The
reason. I tant, Kurisaki approaches crime seen it all. Every scam that’s
fiction thriller. . .
•
prevention with the. same zeal. been laid down, he’s done it and ming, next year by KCET,. Chan
quit
being.,
a.
federal
.agent
was
iSon of a prominent Issei bu
can’t nel 28 and will be called “Pros
and intelligence he must have' he. tells them why they
sinessman .and community lead the graft and. corruption I saw.
make it work or why it isn’t ev and Cons.” It will be^the ultimate
displayed as a criminal.
It
was
even
worse
.
at
.
the
state
er, he was-raised in upper mid
“stroke,” Kurisaki said.
He is full of ideas on how to en worth trying.”
dle class; comfort in Hollywood level.”
“I’m a very lucky man, every
And the “strokes” are clearly
steer ghetto and barrio youths
j
After
.giving
up
on.
law
enfor
along withLthe-'jadedfi children of
I’ve
made
from lives of crime; not just fe still there for Kurisaki. He is fantasy I‘ve had,
cement
Kurisaki
purchased
“
Star.
the movie • colony. The outbreak
residents of come true,” he said. “I’m an ex
derally-funded double-talk
but respected by the
of World Wars II .found Lyle a Pool and, Lunch” in Salt Lake
me to
street-real ideas of life in prison the half-way house and by politi con and they’re asking
student1 at' Hollywood High Scho City, which , quickly became a
and. the futility of a life of cri cians and government . officials produce a television show. Now,
social
center
for
much
of
Utah
’
s
ol. At the^age of-17, he trained
say
his how many ex-cons . can
me. A co-worker at “Prison Pre who become familiar with
Japanese
American
youth.
He
al
with the famed 442nd .Regimen
that ? ”
venter” clearly in awe of Kuri new line of work.
so
organized
five
National
JAC'L
tal Combat Team: in Shelby, Mi— D wight Chum an
Today, Kurisaki is busy plan
saki said “(Some of the young
ssissipi. After. Japan’s, • surrend- Bowling: Tournaments , and * was
er-: he . was stationed in Tokyo, active in promoting all types, of lllli»IIIIIII|l|||||H||!^llllllPH|||||illlllllllliiti!!llillliliIII!!llllll^JI!lll!IIII!ll!lllll^lllH!HIIJIIiH|^*li,Hs,H!^,,1,ll,,,,
where he was assistant opera- Nikkei - sports activity , in Utah.
Because of. his ; connections
tion officer: at Sugamo Prison,
He left the Army as a major with the Utah’s governor’s offi
and sought a career in larw en ce and 1 street knowledge, Kurisa
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
forcement. Kurisaki received.' de- ki said a. lot of people thought
grees from the Univ, of Utah he was mixed up in crime a long
and Northwestern Univ. in cri- time • befo're , he actually was.,
VOL. 42
NO. 92
TUESDAY,. DECEMBER 5, 1978
TORONTO, ONTARIO
He
finally
“
became
a
criminal
”
became
•
minologyr In 1950, he
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s
Depart in 1955. As the owner of a pri
an agent for*- the" U.S;
ment of Treasury, two. years la vate gambl:ng- club in Ogden, he
ter, he was handpicked’ by Utah bought and sold stolen property
governor - ': J;i ’ Bracken-;. Lee:- as a and often planned thefts of highspecial state investigator.
demand items.
: It seems ■ almost inconceivable ' “There was almost a . sexual
and
that 18 years. later, Kazuki Lyle gratification in . planning
•Kurisaki, the son of one of the committing. a successful - crime,”
TORONTO. — Toronto Sansei are non-violent crimes and: the. However Metro Police Chief
founders of the Japanese 'Ame said Kurisaki. He reminisces ea
sociologist with the University offense should be removed from ; Harold Adamson doesn’t endorse
rican Citizens League,.
would sily about past scams and escaof Toronto Centre of Criminolo- the Criminal Code, bringing the such a change
pa
des
with
a
quiet
satisfaction.
find himself serving time at the
After reviewing the report, the
co definition more, in line with the
gy, Norman Okihiro and
He confirms that he was “one
Calif. Iristitute for -IMen at, Chi
Chief says he is against remo
worker Irwin Waller say that threat it poses.
of the best” at setting up a cri-.
no. But he did.
They suggest the penalty be ving the offence of breaking and
minor
burglary is generaly• a
- During; that gap of 18 ' years me and that he~ was sought by and peaceful crime and
dosen’t reduced so that anyone involved entering from the Criminal Code,
;
fellow
thieves
and
conmen
to
between his law enforcement ca-.
warrant severe penalties. Burg in a non-violent burglary invol and he is against lighter senten
'plan
crimes
as
well
as
by
the
po
reer and prison. Lyle , admits be
lary carries a maximum penalty ving less than $200 worth of go ces for burglars.
ing a criminaLand a good: one at lice for committing them.
ods be subject only a summary
“If
there’s
no
deterrent
of life imprisonment.
The . natural question is, “If
that. He claims to have planned
Okihiro and Waller say after conviction punishable by a fine factor, the problem, which'alrea
no less Uhan 60 bank robberies, Lyle Kurisaki was such a smart a two-year study of residential and requiring restitution to the dy is bad, will get worse,” Chi
ca- burglary in Metro that break-ins victim.
three murders and literally sco criminal,: why did he get
ef Adamson said.
res of other thefts, heists and ught?”
“Millions’ of dollars are lost
cons of every, imaginable varie-f
Kurisaki claims that he was
each year in' housebreakings.
George
Takei
(Sulu)
New
V.P.
Calif.
ty. During his heyday as a “Fa never actually caught, but that
This is costing insurance- com
gin” or crime mastermind; Ku he pleaded guilty to
accepting
Human Resources Public Trans. Assn. panies more money and eventu
risaki estimates that he grossed stolen property and • forgery
ally the policeholders will have
$500,000 per year.
charges in 1970 on a bargain
LOS ANGELES. — Vice pre president-human resources of the
to pay.”
American
Public
Transportation
with
then
L.A.
District
Attorney
sident
of
the
Rapid
-Transit
Dis
. Probation, officers have come
Police estimate burglary is in
Association
(APTA),
the
natio
Eveille
Younger.
He
won
’
t
go
in
trict
Board
of
Directors
George
' to the opinion that Kurisaki en
creasing rapidly "in Metro
and
organization
Takei was recently elected vice nal public transit
tered a life of crime because of to details.
whose membership1 includes all last year accounted for loss of
Kurisaki, now 52, served six
a deep seated-resentment-of Whi
$13,388,960 in household goods.
major cities.
te society stemming.- from the month's of a . 30-month sentence
William Black
“Eighty per cent of most tr
at Chino and was paroled.
wartime
incarceration. of the
ansportation agencies’ budgets is
Japanese. Americans,, butt Lyle While in prison, Kurisaki found Remembered By
Wrestler Inoki
alloted
to
personal
needs,
”
expla
brushes aside these, explanations a new source of “strokes.” —
ined Takei, “therefore,
greater Says Match With
for his chameleon-like., change crime prevention and helping ex Jpnz. Canadians
emphasis needs to be
placed
in lifestyle and says it was all cons reenter straight society.
VANCOUVER. — Dr. William
Al i Forthcoming
for “strokes” or recognition.
He now directs a halfway ho- Griffiths Black, prominent reti upon development of cost effec
tive methods which
.encourage
KARACHI, Pakistan. - - Ja“Maybe I got. a little too ma use program in Inglewood called red educator and former regio
human resources awareness.
Inoki
panese wrester Antonio
ny ‘strokes’, as. a. kid,’’ said Ku- “Prison Preventers.”
nal citizenship officer, died of
“Presently, the APTA human told a news conference
here
Kurisaki tells doubters- who a heart attack on September 2nd.
rasaki 'during a - recent . intervi
resources board is
planning a recently that
he would fight
involvement in He was 80.
ew. Another, contributing factor feel that his
grant program designed to fund another martial arts bout with
was his inside view, of law en such a program is only another
Japanese Canadians remember human resources
training at the current heavyweight boxing
one of his scams that at his age
forcement on ■ the • federal level.
Dr; Black as a strong supporter member transit companies.”
World champion Mohammad Ali
Kurisaki comes. from a long and with his knowleadge crime of their aspirations in the diffi
Takei, best known for his role next June either in West Germa
line of idealists, his father, Ka does not pay, and will never be cult resettlement.
in the television series,
“Star ny or in South Korea.
attractive
to
him
again.
Yes,_
ex
zuki, one of .'the 13 -founders of
• Dr. Black, appointed regional Trek,” as Sulu, an who is cur
The contract with Ali has althe original' JACL was- beaten friends and-friends still seek him
rently re-creating the role in a
liaison
officer
for
the
federal
ready been signed and details
severly at the Poston' relocation out to plan crimes, but Lyle says
feature
film,
holds
a
bachelor
’
s
citizenship branch in 1950, was
for the proposed fight were be
center along with' other JACLers he turns them down.
and
master
’
s
degree
from
UCLA.
He spends .most of. his time the recipient of many high ho
ing worked out, Inoki said.
such as. Saburo Kido for advocaHe
has
also
studied
in
Japan,
(he nours, among them the
Good
ting cooperation* with the gov with /‘Prison Preventers’-’
Replying to a question, Inoki
Univ, of
Servant Medal awarded by the England and at the
receives
no
salary)
devising
new
ernment - in entering the WWII
said that he had been assured of
Calif, at Berkeley, Ctlif.
Canadian
Council
of
Christians
rehabilitation
programs^
oppor
camps and- U.S; armed service.
Takei was appointed to the li $500,000 plus fifty per cent of
and Jews and the Garnet Sedg
tunities
for
ex-cons
and
working
Kurisaki’s grandfather,
Kango
wick Award for his work in the man RTD Board of Directors by the income of the Worldwide
with
the
gangs
in
the
south
cen
Kopima, founded the
Shonien
Television rights as his share.
Mayor Tom Bradley in 1973.
fiel of civil liberties.
tral
L.A.
area.
Home for orphaned Japanese A-
'
Supporting himself: and
THE NEW CANADIAN
Toronto Sansei sociologist says
burglary is a minor & peaceful crime
Lyle Kurisaki: soldier, treasury agent, promoter, ex-convict and now crime preventer
•DOS ANGELES.'--— TKe -life merican.children.
his dudes .come in here thinking ning a television series on crime
Lyle’s with criminals playing, the ma“I guess I was an .idealist, too,” family as a management consul- they’re pretty - bad, but
of Lyle Kurisaki reads _ like a
jor roles. It is scheduled for fil
said- Kurisaki. “The
reason. I tant, Kurisaki approaches crime seen it all. Every scam that’s
fiction thriller. . .
•
prevention with the. same zeal. been laid down, he’s done it and ming, next year by KCET,. Chan
quit
being.,
a.
federal
.agent
was
iSon of a prominent Issei bu
can’t nel 28 and will be called “Pros
and intelligence he must have' he. tells them why they
sinessman .and community lead the graft and. corruption I saw.
make it work or why it isn’t ev and Cons.” It will be^the ultimate
displayed as a criminal.
It
was
even
worse
.
at
.
the
state
er, he was-raised in upper mid
“stroke,” Kurisaki said.
He is full of ideas on how to en worth trying.”
dle class; comfort in Hollywood level.”
“I’m a very lucky man, every
And the “strokes” are clearly
steer ghetto and barrio youths
j
After
.giving
up
on.
law
enfor
along withLthe-'jadedfi children of
I’ve
made
from lives of crime; not just fe still there for Kurisaki. He is fantasy I‘ve had,
cement
Kurisaki
purchased
“
Star.
the movie • colony. The outbreak
residents of come true,” he said. “I’m an ex
derally-funded double-talk
but respected by the
of World Wars II .found Lyle a Pool and, Lunch” in Salt Lake
me to
street-real ideas of life in prison the half-way house and by politi con and they’re asking
student1 at' Hollywood High Scho City, which , quickly became a
and. the futility of a life of cri cians and government . officials produce a television show. Now,
social
center
for
much
of
Utah
’
s
ol. At the^age of-17, he trained
say
his how many ex-cons . can
me. A co-worker at “Prison Pre who become familiar with
Japanese
American
youth.
He
al
with the famed 442nd .Regimen
that ? ”
venter” clearly in awe of Kuri new line of work.
so
organized
five
National
JAC'L
tal Combat Team: in Shelby, Mi— D wight Chum an
Today, Kurisaki is busy plan
saki said “(Some of the young
ssissipi. After. Japan’s, • surrend- Bowling: Tournaments , and * was
er-: he . was stationed in Tokyo, active in promoting all types, of lllli»IIIIIII|l|||||H||!^llllllPH|||||illlllllllliiti!!llillliliIII!!llllll^JI!lll!IIII!ll!lllll^lllH!HIIJIIiH|^*li,Hs,H!^,,1,ll,,,,
where he was assistant opera- Nikkei - sports activity , in Utah.
Because of. his ; connections
tion officer: at Sugamo Prison,
He left the Army as a major with the Utah’s governor’s offi
and sought a career in larw en ce and 1 street knowledge, Kurisa
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
forcement. Kurisaki received.' de- ki said a. lot of people thought
grees from the Univ, of Utah he was mixed up in crime a long
and Northwestern Univ. in cri- time • befo're , he actually was.,
VOL. 42
NO. 92
TUESDAY,. DECEMBER 5, 1978
TORONTO, ONTARIO
He
finally
“
became
a
criminal
”
became
•
minologyr In 1950, he
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiriiHniiniirniiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniHHnHHRRRR !*l,R,l,,,,l,,l!,l,*!,l,l,l,l^ll,8l,ll*ll,liiill,l,,*,ll,8,ll,IJ
s
Depart in 1955. As the owner of a pri
an agent for*- the" U.S;
ment of Treasury, two. years la vate gambl:ng- club in Ogden, he
ter, he was handpicked’ by Utah bought and sold stolen property
governor - ': J;i ’ Bracken-;. Lee:- as a and often planned thefts of highspecial state investigator.
demand items.
: It seems ■ almost inconceivable ' “There was almost a . sexual
and
that 18 years. later, Kazuki Lyle gratification in . planning
•Kurisaki, the son of one of the committing. a successful - crime,”
TORONTO. — Toronto Sansei are non-violent crimes and: the. However Metro Police Chief
founders of the Japanese 'Ame said Kurisaki. He reminisces ea
sociologist with the University offense should be removed from ; Harold Adamson doesn’t endorse
rican Citizens League,.
would sily about past scams and escaof Toronto Centre of Criminolo- the Criminal Code, bringing the such a change
pa
des
with
a
quiet
satisfaction.
find himself serving time at the
After reviewing the report, the
co definition more, in line with the
gy, Norman Okihiro and
He confirms that he was “one
Calif. Iristitute for -IMen at, Chi
Chief says he is against remo
worker Irwin Waller say that threat it poses.
of the best” at setting up a cri-.
no. But he did.
They suggest the penalty be ving the offence of breaking and
minor
burglary is generaly• a
- During; that gap of 18 ' years me and that he~ was sought by and peaceful crime and
dosen’t reduced so that anyone involved entering from the Criminal Code,
;
fellow
thieves
and
conmen
to
between his law enforcement ca-.
warrant severe penalties. Burg in a non-violent burglary invol and he is against lighter senten
'plan
crimes
as
well
as
by
the
po
reer and prison. Lyle , admits be
lary carries a maximum penalty ving less than $200 worth of go ces for burglars.
ing a criminaLand a good: one at lice for committing them.
ods be subject only a summary
“If
there’s
no
deterrent
of life imprisonment.
The . natural question is, “If
that. He claims to have planned
Okihiro and Waller say after conviction punishable by a fine factor, the problem, which'alrea
no less Uhan 60 bank robberies, Lyle Kurisaki was such a smart a two-year study of residential and requiring restitution to the dy is bad, will get worse,” Chi
ca- burglary in Metro that break-ins victim.
three murders and literally sco criminal,: why did he get
ef Adamson said.
res of other thefts, heists and ught?”
“Millions’ of dollars are lost
cons of every, imaginable varie-f
Kurisaki claims that he was
each year in' housebreakings.
George
Takei
(Sulu)
New
V.P.
Calif.
ty. During his heyday as a “Fa never actually caught, but that
This is costing insurance- com
gin” or crime mastermind; Ku he pleaded guilty to
accepting
Human Resources Public Trans. Assn. panies more money and eventu
risaki estimates that he grossed stolen property and • forgery
ally the policeholders will have
$500,000 per year.
charges in 1970 on a bargain
LOS ANGELES. — Vice pre president-human resources of the
to pay.”
American
Public
Transportation
with
then
L.A.
District
Attorney
sident
of
the
Rapid
-Transit
Dis
. Probation, officers have come
Police estimate burglary is in
Association
(APTA),
the
natio
Eveille
Younger.
He
won
’
t
go
in
trict
Board
of
Directors
George
' to the opinion that Kurisaki en
creasing rapidly "in Metro
and
organization
Takei was recently elected vice nal public transit
tered a life of crime because of to details.
whose membership1 includes all last year accounted for loss of
Kurisaki, now 52, served six
a deep seated-resentment-of Whi
$13,388,960 in household goods.
major cities.
te society stemming.- from the month's of a . 30-month sentence
William Black
“Eighty per cent of most tr
at Chino and was paroled.
wartime
incarceration. of the
ansportation agencies’ budgets is
Japanese. Americans,, butt Lyle While in prison, Kurisaki found Remembered By
Wrestler Inoki
alloted
to
personal
needs,
”
expla
brushes aside these, explanations a new source of “strokes.” —
ined Takei, “therefore,
greater Says Match With
for his chameleon-like., change crime prevention and helping ex Jpnz. Canadians
emphasis needs to be
placed
in lifestyle and says it was all cons reenter straight society.
VANCOUVER. — Dr. William
Al i Forthcoming
for “strokes” or recognition.
He now directs a halfway ho- Griffiths Black, prominent reti upon development of cost effec
tive methods which
.encourage
KARACHI, Pakistan. - - Ja“Maybe I got. a little too ma use program in Inglewood called red educator and former regio
human resources awareness.
Inoki
panese wrester Antonio
ny ‘strokes’, as. a. kid,’’ said Ku- “Prison Preventers.”
nal citizenship officer, died of
“Presently, the APTA human told a news conference
here
Kurisaki tells doubters- who a heart attack on September 2nd.
rasaki 'during a - recent . intervi
resources board is
planning a recently that
he would fight
involvement in He was 80.
ew. Another, contributing factor feel that his
grant program designed to fund another martial arts bout with
was his inside view, of law en such a program is only another
Japanese Canadians remember human resources
training at the current heavyweight boxing
one of his scams that at his age
forcement on ■ the • federal level.
Dr; Black as a strong supporter member transit companies.”
World champion Mohammad Ali
Kurisaki comes. from a long and with his knowleadge crime of their aspirations in the diffi
Takei, best known for his role next June either in West Germa
line of idealists, his father, Ka does not pay, and will never be cult resettlement.
in the television series,
“Star ny or in South Korea.
attractive
to
him
again.
Yes,_
ex
zuki, one of .'the 13 -founders of
• Dr. Black, appointed regional Trek,” as Sulu, an who is cur
The contract with Ali has althe original' JACL was- beaten friends and-friends still seek him
rently re-creating the role in a
liaison
officer
for
the
federal
ready been signed and details
severly at the Poston' relocation out to plan crimes, but Lyle says
feature
film,
holds
a
bachelor
’
s
citizenship branch in 1950, was
for the proposed fight were be
center along with' other JACLers he turns them down.
and
master
’
s
degree
from
UCLA.
He spends .most of. his time the recipient of many high ho
ing worked out, Inoki said.
such as. Saburo Kido for advocaHe
has
also
studied
in
Japan,
(he nours, among them the
Good
ting cooperation* with the gov with /‘Prison Preventers’-’
Replying to a question, Inoki
Univ, of
Servant Medal awarded by the England and at the
receives
no
salary)
devising
new
ernment - in entering the WWII
said that he had been assured of
Calif, at Berkeley, Ctlif.
Canadian
Council
of
Christians
rehabilitation
programs^
oppor
camps and- U.S; armed service.
Takei was appointed to the li $500,000 plus fifty per cent of
and Jews and the Garnet Sedg
tunities
for
ex-cons
and
working
Kurisaki’s grandfather,
Kango
wick Award for his work in the man RTD Board of Directors by the income of the Worldwide
with
the
gangs
in
the
south
cen
Kopima, founded the
Shonien
Television rights as his share.
Mayor Tom Bradley in 1973.
fiel of civil liberties.
tral
L.A.
area.
Home for orphaned Japanese A-
'
Supporting himself: and
THE NEW CANADIAN
Toronto Sansei sociologist says
burglary is a minor & peaceful crime
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Carpets
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there is no indication that the
toichi and the Crimson Bat 'and
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And Covers
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*, •
.nnp.stiona^lpe
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ans that the great period of the highly -questiona^l
Alain Silver, New York,
the postwar period of film is
London. The jidai-geki, the late £20s and ear- “Since. the ' War, the . samurai
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with many photographs/ $12.50. Directors such as the Makinos ant stylistic and thematic evolu
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ce. Not knowing the generic pr- .
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Itami, and the' great Sadao Ya relatively actionless. . .’. period
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were
DONALD RICHIE
manaka are not even mentioned film. . . new directors . . . have ototypes, most of which
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1950 and 1972 it is interesting
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“The American scared,"ostracised and stigmatised when the Japanese critics spoke
After World War'll,” or some
Western” and/ then discussed on by their peers.
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thing of the like, it would be
ly the likes of Sam Peckinpah intransigent natude of society’s “Hafakiri” as a return to the
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quite acceptable.
heroic
days
of
the
period-film,
and late John Ford, completely judgments, their violent respons
EXPERIENCED pearl
knotter.
But it is not. It has been ca
they
knew
what
they
.were
talk
neglecting the prewar work of es are invariable and_understand
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lled, either by author or pubing
about.
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Samurai Film”
" lishers, “The
Michael Curtin, not to mention ons and simple, desperate acts.” ■ The author, unaware of this,
LOW, LO W. PRICE S 1
and the blurb implies that the.
must
construct
a
“
significant
such pioneers as Ince, Griffith,
Only a man., completely una- j
whole 75-^year history of this gen
Draperies;
and William S. Hart.
ware' of the history of the pe-i, stylistic and thematic evolution” .
re is discussed. It is not and
How aware the author is of riod film could have
Carpets
written: ' even if this means including Za-'j
there is no indication that the
toichi and the Crimson Bat 'and
author has seen .any wartime or the damage done, I. do not know, this. It is precisely that' the films
And Covers
Gosha.
of Makino, of Itami, and Yama-; the TV-isms of Hideo
7 SUPERIOR AVE
naka were “nihilistic” and “dark” What he presents quite well, is
Room 301, Toronto
that made them so' • important the autumnal ''brilliance of a dy
252-4857
Wedding And
Toronto Sangha and so meariingful.’ These men ing genre. The manifest ; vio
were the first to refashion the lence is truly there but it is di
Photo Finishing
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Sumida
made personal and often anti- port and post-1972 period films
SATURDAY, DEC. 2nd
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Photographic
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mental) statements. In one of en expected) barren exercises,
SERVICE IS QUICK and Eco
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author “products” as lifeless as the his
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from picture taking to print
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TREND
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ssffiWWWW®
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MADE TO MEASURE SUITS
suggests 'that this
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SLACKS, SKIRTS
fits all prewar"'period film, any
GROUP BLAZERS ETC.
viewing of even the films of the
129 SPADINA AVE , 6th
early ‘20s (which were in their
6th FLOOR
way quite as realistic as those of
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her little shadow — never had kings will ge selected from the
an idea of my own — until she old dust pan.
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. OH KEN HORI
K. HORI REAL ESTATE
l<Pr)16 )H MEMBER OF TORONTO RKAL ESTATE BOARD
Phon#: 431-9191.
Greetings Omitted will be published in our regular issues
THE NEW CANADIAN
479 Queen St. W. Toronto, Ont^M5V 2A9
Phone 366-5005
Buying or Selling of Homes
Arranging or Buying of MORTGAGES
MR.
4 MRS. TOM INOUYE
AND FAMILY
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MGM REALTY LIMITED
ST.,
Ottaway Ont. KIA OM5
123
MAIN
Member of Toronto Real Estate Board and Photo MLS Service
678-Kennedy Rd. 267-1179 Res. 261-2581
$5.00
greeting omitted
due to bereavement
M5V 2A9
$7.00
GROUP FLIGHT TO JAPAN
CHARTER CLASS FARE:
Toronto - Vancouver (return) Fro^ ^89 0° _
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Toronto-San Francisco - Los Angeles From $222.00
Florida: Disney New World Tour From Toronto
7 nights and 8 days from $199.00 and up.
PLEASE CONSULT US ON THE ABOVE DATES
K. Iwata Travel Service
Toronto Office 162 Spadina Ave. 869-1291
KEN KUTSUKAKE
I enclose $___ — for which to publish my greeting
or grating omitted, in the Holiday Issue as follows:
(Please remit with cheque or money order)
NAME(S)
ADDRESS
733 Danforth Ave.
Toronto
Phone Store 463-3426
Home 469-0293
Japanese Food
Deliver Evenings
and Saturdays
MR. 4 MRS. TOM INOUYE
AND family
100 MAIN ST.,
TORONTO, ONT.
Over $5.00 space according to sum.
(Please mark which above sample)
$2.00 for aditional names
NOVEMBER 7, 14 & 28
DECEMBER 5, 12, 19 & 26
SHOP
APPLICATION FOR PERSONAL GREETINGS
IN THE SPECIAL EDITION OF THE ENGLISH SECTION IN
Alcan
Building
Products
Authorized Dealer
"MISTER
ALUMINUM"
INSTALLATIONS
Metro Toronto License B1971
Member of Better Business
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♦ SOFFIT & FASCIA, for
roof overhang
* SIDING * SHUTTERS
• STORM DOORS &
‘ WINDOWS
755-6505
Proprietor: Masao Aida
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