Puppet animation producer Kawamoto dies

Puppet animation producer Kawamoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2006 shows Japan's leading puppet animation producer Kihachiro Kawamoto, who died of pneumonia on Aug. 23, 2010, at the age of 85. (Kyodo)

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