Shichirō Fukazawa

Shichirō Fukazawa (深沢 七郎, Fukazawa Shichirō, January 29, 1914 – August 18, 1987) was a Japanese author and guitarist whose 1960 short story Fūryū mutan ("Tale of an Elegant Dream") caused a nationwide uproar and led to an attempt by an ultranationalist to assassinate the president of the magazine that published it. Fukazawa was born in Isawa, Yamanashi, Japan. His first novel, The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考, Narayama bushikō), won the prestigious Chūō Kōron Prize,

announcing his status as a rising star in the literary world, and has twice been adapted for film: first by Keisuke Kinoshita in 1958,

and again by Shōhei Imamura in 1983.

Imamura's film won the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or.