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Yamanochi Hisashi
- Profile
- He was born in Tokyo in 1925. He belonged to a distinguished family of artists and entertainers: his father was the benshi (silent film narrator) Ichirō Yamano, and his brothers were the actor Akira Yamanouchi and the composer Tadashi Yamanouchi. His wife, Ryū Tachihara, was the daughter of the screenwriter Kōgo Noda. Other relatives included his brother-in-law, the composer Taichirō Kosugi, and his niece, the essayist Misato Yamanouchi. After graduating from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 1950, he joined the Screenwriting Department at Shochiku Ofuna Studio. His first film was Hana no Omokage (A Shadow of Flowers), which he co-wrote with Masaru Baba. In 1960, he became a freelance scriptwriter. While working for Shochiku, he wrote for the film Bakumatsu Taiyōden (Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate, 1957, Nikkatsu) under the pen name of Keiichi Tanaka. For the 1958 Nikkatsu releases: Nusumareta Yokujō (Stolen Desire) and Hateshinaki Yokubō (The Endless Desire), he used the pseudonym Toshirō Suzuki. His television scripts include Wakamono-tachi (The Young People, 1966, Fuji TV) and Nakayoshi (Good Friends, 1967, Fuji TV). His adaptations include the 1990 NHK production Businessman no Chichi yori Musuko e no Sanjuttsu no Tegami (Letters of a Businessman to His Son), based on the original work by Kingsley Ward and translated by Saburō Shiroyama. He died in September 2015 at the age of 90.
- Masterpieces
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夏
山本富士子アワー第１回「にごりえ」
はらから
若者たち 第１回「出発」
みつめいたり
海のあく日
春風馬堤曲
あかねの空
男子の本懐
破獄
北の海峡