Satoshi Kon Lost the Battle Against Cancer at 47

Satoshi Kon 今敏 Japanese director noted for serious, arthouse films which examine their characters' psychology. He had a big thing with the concept of subjective reality, and incorporated it into almost all of his works (Tokyo Godfathers excluded). Closely tied to MadHouse studios and the composer Susumu Hirasawa.

He passed away on August 24, 2010 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 46. 

"With feelings of gratitude for all that is good in this world, I put down my pen. Well, I'll be leaving now." —Satoshi Kon