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After he had acted in many short features and projects such as Guillaume Tauveron’s “Beyond the Blood”, actor Hiroei Ishihara become increasingly fascinated with European culture, in particular movies which he considered more creative than those from his home country. Inspired by the tradition of the French Grand Guignol theater, a place which had a significant influence on horror literature and horror in the visual arts, he decided to become a producer in a project which would be titled “Tokyo Grand Guignol”, an episodic horror movie consisting of four episodes directed by French directors, which would take place in Tokyo. The production, with additional support by filmmakers such as Xavier Gens”), would show not only the variety within the horror genre, but also the multiple facets of Tokyo as a place full of excitement, legends and mysteries.

In the first episode, we meet a young salaryman...

Gene Dynarski, who appeared as Izzy Mandelbaum Jr. on “Seinfeld” and on the original “Star Trek” television series, has died. He was 86.

Dynarski died on Feb. 27 at a rehabilitation center in Studio City, his friend, playwright Ernest Kearney announced.

The actor starred in the 1997 “Seinfeld” episode “The English Patient” as the son of Lloyd Bridges’ character. The pair reprised their roles in another episode,“The Blood,” on the next season.

Dynarski also worked on two Steven Spielberg films, “Duel” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” among several television projects, including “Star Trek,” “Batman” and “The X-Files.”

Kearney recounted in a blog post that Dynarski seemed to have a talent for rubbing people the wrong way.

“Spielberg recognized Dynarski’s talents and used him a second time in his sci-fi epic Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In one of the film’s best scenes, Dynarski played the supervisor who...