Yasutarō Yagi

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Yasutarō Yagi
Yasutarō Yagi in 1941
Born	(1903-02-03)February 3, 1903 Kyogashima, Gunma, Japan
Died	September 8, 1987(1987-09-08) (aged 84) The Institute of Medical Science
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Sanshirō Mōri (毛利三四郎) Saburō Mōri (毛利三郎)
Occupation	Screenwriter

Yasutarō Yagi (八木保太郎 , Yagi Yasutarō) (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,^[1] and for his collaborations with leftist filmmakers such as Kaneto Shindo and Tadashi Imai in the postwar. He served as president of the Japan Screenwriters Guild.

Filmography

Moyuru ōzora (1940)
Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)
The River with No Bridge (1969)

References

↑ "Yagi Yasutarō". Nihon jinmei daijiten (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 21 April 2010.

External links

Yasutarō Yagi at the Internet Movie Database
Yagi Yasutarō at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)

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Persondata
Name	Yagi, Yasutaro
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese screenwriter
Date of birth	3 February 1903
Place of birth	Gunma Prefecture
Date of death	8 September 1987
Place of death	The Institute of Medical Science

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