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Yasutaro Yagi

Known for: Writing

Biography: 1903-02-03

Deathday: 1987-09-08 (84 years old)

Biography

Yasutarō Yagi (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, 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.

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Filmography

all 56

Movies 56

Writer 39

Screenplay 12

Writer

Yasutaro Yagi

Biography

Filmography

all 56

Movies 56

Writer 39

Screenplay 12

River Without a Bridge (1969)

Monument to the Girl's Corps (1968)

Blood and Sea (1965)

Gazing at Love and Death (1964)

A Story from Echigo (1964)

Kanto Wanderer (1963)

Chibusa o daku musume tachi (1962)

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab (1961)

The Human Wall (1959)

Kashima-nada no onna (1959)

Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)

Rice (1957)

Streetlights (1957)

Song of the Underworld (1956)

A Hole of My Own Making (1955)

Blood Festival of Akagi (1955)

The Last Women (1954)

The End of a Day (1954)

Hiroshima (1953)

At the End of the Clouds (1953)

悲劇の将軍 山下奉文 (1953)

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu (1953)

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu (1952)

The Yamabiko School (1952)

Beauty of Life (1951)

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950)

The Rainbow-Colored Flower (1950)

Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950)

Street of Violence (1950)

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950)

Konna onna ni dare ga shita (1949)

Late Night Confession (1949)

A Second Life (1948)

Invitation to Happiness (1947)

人生とんぼ返り (1946)

A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946)

Four Marriages (1944)

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower (1943)

Bouquet of the South Seas (1942)

A Diary of Our Love (1941)

Ōhinata-mura (1940)

Spring on Leper's Island (1940)

Okumura Ioka (1940)

The Burning Sky (1940)

Tuition (1940)

Earth (1939)

Children of the Sun (1938)

King Kong Appears in Edo: The Episode of Gold (1938)

The King Kong That Appeared in Edo (1938)

Unending Advance (1937)

The Naked Town (1937)

The Crown of Life (1936)

Theater of Life: Youth Version (1936)

Behold This Mother (1930)

少年死刑囚

Information

Known ForWriting

GenderMale

Birthday1903-02-03

Deathday1987-09-08 (84 years old)

Birth PlaceGunma Prefecture, Japan

CitizenshipsJapan

Also Known AsYagi Yasutarou

AwardsMainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay

Credited with

悲劇の将軍山下奉文 (1953)

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1903-02-03

Deathday
1987-09-08 (84 years old)

Birth Place
Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Citizenships
Japan

Also Known As
Yagi Yasutarou

Awards
Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay