Biography
Bunroku Shishi (獅子文六, Shishi Bunroku, 1 July 1893 – 13 December 1969), real name Toyoo Iwata (岩田豊雄, Iwata Toyoo), was a Japanese novelist, playwright and director of the Bungakuza theatre company.
Shishi was born in Yokohama. In 1922 he traveled to France to study modern French theater, and worked in the atelier of Jacques Copeau.
Filmography
all 19
Movies 17
Writer 11
TV Shows 2
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Nobuko to Obachan (1969)
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Mount Hakone (1962)
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Musume to watashi (1962)
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Romance Express (1961)
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Musume to Watashi (1961)
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Goodbye to Glory (1960)
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Hiroi Ten (1959)
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Oban kanketsu hen (1958)
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen (1957)
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957)
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Ôban (1957)
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Ghost Story of Youth (1955)
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Fantasy of Youth (1955)
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Yassamossa (1953)
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Freedom School (1951)
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Navy (1943)
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Hyoroku's Dream Tale (1943)
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South Wind (1942)
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Nobuko (1940)
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Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1893-07-01
Deathday1969-12-13 (76 years old)
Birth Name岩田 豊雄
Birth PlaceYokohama, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As獅子文六
AwardsJapan Art Academy Prize, Person of Cultural Merit, Order of Culture
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