Kuniko Mukōda
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Kuniko Mukōda (向田 邦子 Mukōda Kuniko, November 28, 1929 - August 22, 1981) was a famous Japanese TV screenwriter who wrote more than 1000 stories in 20 years. She is also famous as a Naoki Prize winner with her short story; "Hanano Namae", "Kawauso" and "Inugoya"(1980).
[edit] Life
Mukōda was born in Tokyo, and moved around Japan in her early life due to her father's job. After she graduated from Jissen Women's College (Jissen Women's University), she got a job at Ondori Company, a film publicity company, in 1952. In 1960, she left the company and became a screenwriter and radiowriter. On August 22, 1981, she died on Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103.
Some of her Short Stories include:
The Name of The Flower
Small Change
I Doubt It
The Otter
Manhattan
Beef Shoulder
The Doghouse
The Fake Egg
Triangular Chop
Mr. Carp
Ears
Half-Moon
The Window
