Yasutarō Yagi | |
|---|---|
 Yasutarō Yagi in 1941 | |
| Born | February 3, 1903 |
| Died | September 8, 1987 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Sanshirō Mōri (毛利三四郎) Saburō Mōri (毛利三郎) |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
Yasutarō Yagi (八木保太郎, Yagi Yasutarō) (3 February 1903 – 8 September 1987) was a Japanese screenwriter, mostly famous for his adaptations of literary works for the director Tomu Uchida in the 1930s, such as Jinsei gekijō and Kagirinaki zenshin,[1] and for his collaborations with leftist filmmakers such as Kaneto Shindo and Tadashi Imai in the postwar period. He served as president of the Japan Screenwriters Guild.
Filmography
- Screenplay: Makiba monogatari (牧場物語), “Tale of a Pasture”[2]
- Moyuru ōzora (1940)[3]
- Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)
- The River with No Bridge (1969)
References
- ↑ "Yagi Yasutarō". Nihon jinmei daijiten (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ↑ Cultural Nippon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Nov. 1938), pl. IX-X, S. iii-iv
- ↑ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
External links
- Yasutarō Yagi at IMDb
- Yagi Yasutarō at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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