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Yamashita Yoshiichi
- Profile
- He was born in Taichung, Taiwan, in 1916. He graduated from Waseda University. After working in the Directing Department of Bungakuza theater company and the Screenwriting Department of Toho, he established a prolific career as a freelance screenwriter. His film career began with Tokyo Gonin Otoko (Five Men of Tokyo, 1945, Toho, based on the original work by Sojirō Motoki). In addition to writing Ta ga Tame ni Kane wa Aru (For Whom the Money Exists, 1948, produced by Shintoho and distributed by Toho), he authored numerous other screenplays. When television broadcasting began in 1953, there were only two television stations, NHK and NTV. He worked energetically on television scripts, which he wrote for both stations, including Haru no Nakama (Spring Companions) for NHK and Tonda Chushingura (The Accidental Chushingura) for NTV. He was a scriptwriter who served as a central pillar during the early days of television. His adaptation of Shōsuke Kurakane’s original shōjo manga Anmitsu Hime (Princess Anmitsu, 1958–1960, Radio Tokyo [now TBS]) became a major hit. When NHK’s morning drama series began in 1961, he wrote the scripts for the first three consecutive productions: Musume to Watashi (My Daughter and I), based on the work by Bunroku Shishi; Ashita no Kaze (Tomorrow’s Wind, 1962), based on the work by Sakae Tsuboi; and Akatsuki (Dawn, 1963), based on the work by Saneatsu Mushanokoji. He died in 1991 at the age of 75.
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