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Hasegawa Koen
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- He was born in Sonezaki, Osaka, in 1904. In 1923, he made his debut as a playwright at only 19 years old with his first play, Michi wa Harukeshi (The Road is Far Away), which was performed by Shinpa at Nakaza Theater. In 1925, he was commissioned by the current NHK Osaka Broadcasting Station to work on radio dramas. In 1939, he moved to Tokyo with the aim of becoming a novelist. He studied under Shin Hasegawa. His novels were nominated for the Naoki Prize seven times, but they never won. Works of his that were adapted for film include Yaotome no Uta (Song of the Eight Virgins), Kankon Sōsai (Ceremonial Occasions), and Katsura Harudanji. In addition to radio dramas, stage plays, and films, he wrote many scripts for television, including Ayu no Yado (The Ayu Inn, 1954, NHK), Kuidaore Yokochō (Kuidaore Alley, 1955, NHK), Kanteki Nagaya (Charcoal Grill Tenement, 1957, Osaka TV), Tsurukame (1958, Kansai TV), Shōkon (The Merchant Spirit, 1960, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]), Onna no Sakazuki (The Woman’s Sake Cup, 1963, MBS), and Shodai Katsura Harudanji (Katsura Harudanji I, 1964, NHK). In 1960, he received the Encouragement Prize in the Television Category at the Art Festival. He died in 1977 at the age of 73.
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