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Kunihiro Takeo
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- Takeo Kunihiro He was born in Jilin Province, the Republic of China, in 1931. Birth name: Takeo Kunihiro He grew up in Manchuria and was repatriated to Yamaguchi Prefecture after the war. After dropping out of Yanai High School, he held various jobs—a civil servant, a painter, and work at a magazine publisher and Toshiba—before entering the Scenario Training Institute in 1957, following his success in the Newcomer Film Scenario Competition. Apprenticing under Shinobu Hashimoto, he worked for Toho, Nikkatsu, and Toei before going freelance. He made his debut with the 1959 Toei film Kūkō no Majo (The Witch of the Airport), which he co-wrote with Shinobu Hashimoto. He later solidified his position as a screenwriter with Bakumatsu Zankoku Monogatari (Fall of Feudal Times, 1964, Toei). He was known for writing famous period dramas for television, including Kozure Ōkami (Lone Wolf and Cub), the Hissatsu Series, Ukiyo-e Onna Nezumi Kozo (Ukiyo-e: Female Robin Hood), and Ōoka Echizen. His television scripts include Surikae (The Swap, 1961, TBS), Akai Hi wo Itsuka (The Red Fire Someday, 1963, Television Nishinippon), Kieta Watashi (The Disappeared Me, 1977, TV Asahi), Akuma no yona Kanzen Hanzai (A Devilish Perfect Crime, 1983, TBS), and Kensatsu Shinsain (The Inquest Juror, 1994, NTV). He died in October 2002 at the age of 71.
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