# A question for Matz **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 9, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-question-for-matz/119712 "2007-11-09T13:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-question-for-matz/119712/1 "2007-11-09T13:38:31Z")
I have no idea where to ask this so, as Matz posts here, I will ask here. I apologize for any inconvenience. I just saw Black Lagoon and the director of photography is Yukihiro Matsumoto. Could that, by any chance, be you? ---
**Author:** ![llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-question-for-matz/119712/2 "2007-11-10T13:06:03Z")
Hi, In message “Re: A question for Matz” on Fri, 9 Nov 2007 21:38:33 +0900, Lloyd L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes: |I just saw Black Lagoon and the director of photography is Yukihiro |Matsumoto. Could that, by any chance, be you? I don’t think so. Both Yukihiro and Matsumoto are common names among Japanese. ``` matz. ``` ---
**Author:** ![llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-question-for-matz/119712/3 "2007-11-10T13:49:21Z")
On Nov 10, 2007 4:05 AM, Yukihiro M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ``` > matz. > > ``` 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 🙂 Pat ---
**Author:** ![llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-question-for-matz/119712/4 "2007-11-10T14:59:32Z")
It was like… false.to\_s ---
**Author:** ![llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-question-for-matz/119712/5 "2007-11-10T15:42:47Z")
Hi, In message “Re: A question for Matz” on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:48:50 +0900, “Pat M.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) 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” (e$BA}85e(B e$BM35\*Bge(B). Note that he has one less “t” in his family name. ``` matz. ``` ---
**Author:** ![llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-question-for-matz/119712/6 "2007-11-10T14:22:05Z")
On 11/10/07, Pat M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Japanese. > > > > ``` > > matz. > > > > ``` > > 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 🙂 Hey, I can sympathize with Matz here. I also sometimes suspect that I’ve got an evil twin whose deeds I get blamed for, but then again… – Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) ---
**Author:** ![llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-question-for-matz/119712/7 "2007-11-10T16:56:03Z")
On Nov 10, 2007 9:42 AM, Yukihiro M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > |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” (e$BA}85e(B e$BM35\*Bge(B). 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: > **[Find - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/find/?s=all&q=matsumoto&x=0&y=0)** > > IMDb's Find Results Page – Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) ---
**Author:** ![llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-question-for-matz/119712/8 "2007-11-10T18:57:17Z")
On Nov 10, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > > |\> Japanese. > > matz. 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. ---
**Author:** ![llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-question-for-matz/119712/9 "2007-11-10T16:33:56Z")
Yukihiro M. wrote: > Hi, > |I just saw Black Lagoon and the director of photography is Yukihiro > |Matsumoto. Could that, by any chance, be you? > > I don’t think so. Both Yukihiro and Matsumoto are common names among > Japanese. > > ``` > matz. > > ``` I know that people can do many things. It would not have surprised me to learn that you have such skills in your arsenal along with programming. 🙂 Thank you for responding.