In the mid-1950s, “Cyrano de Bergerac” the movie was showing in Manila theaters when a group of college guys watched it together. Starring the Puerto Rican actor Jose Ferrer, who won an Oscar for his role, the hit film was faithful to the classic play of the same name.The group of college guys had been rehearsing the play for a theater production at their school, Ateneo de Manila.
Last July, we met Tito Bobby at his place of work a short walk from busy Yoyogi Station in Tokyo. Yes, at 89, he was still working, but no longer in the major institutions in Japan that had employed him for decades. After his last retirement, he had begun yet another career — as a violin maker.
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