From: John Joyce Date: 2007-11-11T02:56:42+09:00 Subject: Re: A question for Matz On Nov 10, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > On Nov 10, 2007 9:42 AM, Yukihiro Matsumoto > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In message "Re: A question for Matz" >> on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:48:50 +0900, "Pat Maddox" >> writes: >> >> |> I don't think so. Both Yukihiro and Matsumoto are common names >> among >> |> Japanese. >> >> |I love how the answer is "I don't think so" instead of just "no." >> |It's like there's a very slim possibility that you were the director >> |of photography for this film and just can't quite remember it :) >> >> I've just googled. The directory of photography of the Anime: Black >> Lagoon is "Yukihiro Masumoto" (増元 由紀大). Note that >> he has one >> less "t" in his family name. >> >> matz. > > There do seem to be quite a few Matsumoto's in the movie/tv > industry though: > http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=matsumoto&x=0&y=0 > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > My blog on Ruby > http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Matsumoto really is a very very common family name in Japan. Every office has at least one! Yukihiro is a fairly common given name too.