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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 57

Movies 57

Writer 39

Screenplay 13

Writer

Yasutaro Yagi

Biography

Filmography

all 57

Movies 57

Writer 39

Screenplay 13

少年死刑囚 (1975)

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)

Marathon Samurai (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)

Information

Known For Writing

Gender Male

Birthday 1903-02-03

Deathday 1987-09-08 (84 years old)

Birth Place Takasaki, Japan

Citizenships Empire of Japan, Japan

Also Known As Yagi Yasutarou

Awards Mainichi 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

Takasaki, Japan

Citizenships

Empire of Japan, Japan

Also Known As

Yagi Yasutarou

Awards

Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay