Gendai Production President/Producer Hisako Yamada Dies at 92

She also directed Ashita no Kibō -Kanashimi yo Arigatō: Takae Tsuneo Monogatari- (Tomorrow’s Hope -Thank You, Sadness: The Story of Tsuneo Takae-), the anime film recounting the life of Japanese double-arm amputee Tsuneo Takae.

Gendai Production announced on Wednesday that producer Hisako Yamada died on January 13 due to aspiration pneumonia.

Yamada served as the president of Gendai Production, founded by her late husband and director Tengo Yamada.