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Shūgorō Yamamoto

Writer, Additional Credits
Born June 22, 1903Died February 14, 1967 (63 years)
Shūgorō Yamamoto (山本 周五郎 Yamamoto Shūgorō, June 22, 1903 – February 14, 1967) was the pen name of Satomu Shimizu (清水 三十六 Shimizu Satomu), a Japanese novelist and short-story writer active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was noted for his popular literature, and is known to have published works under at least fourteen different pen names.

Known For

  • Sanjuro
  • Red Beard
  • Dodes'ka-den
  • After the Rain
  • Inn of Evil
  • Kill!
  • The Sea Is Watching
  • Samurai from Nowhere
  • I Went To
  • Murderer!
  • A Town Without Seasons
  • The Scarlet Camellia
  • Hiyameshi to Osan to Chan
  • Zoku Dojo Yaburi: Mondo Muyo
  • Kah-chan
  • Magistrate of the Floating World
  • The Tale of the Blue Beka Boat

Filmography

2023
A Town Without Seasons (TV Series) · as Novel
2002
2002
Sabu · as Novel
2001
Kah-chan · as Novel
2000
I Went To · as Novel
1981
1976
Murderer! · as Novel
1971
Inn of Evil · as Novel
1970
Dodes'ka-den · as Novel
1968
Kill! · as Novel
1965
Red Beard · as Novel
1964
1962
1962
Sanjuro · as Novel

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