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Hashida Sugako
- Profile
- She was born in Gyeongseong, Korea (now Seoul, South Korea), in 1925 but was raised in Osaka. She graduated from Japan Women’s University’s Department of Japanese Literature. Later, while enrolled in Studies in Theatre at Waseda University’s School of Literature II, she joined Shochiku and subsequently dropped out of university. Her first job was as an assistant to the director Kaneto Shindō, and her first solo screenplay credit was for Kyōshū (Nostalgia). She worked in the Screenwriting Department for ten years before leaving the company in 1959. In 1964, she made her debut as a television scriptwriter with Fukuro wo Wataseba (Handing Over the Pay Envelope) on TBS program Toshiba Nichiyō Gekijō (Toshiba Sunday Theater). In the same year, she gained widespread acclaim for her script for Ai to Shi wo Mitsumete (Gazing at Love and Death) on the TBS program Toshiba Nichiyō Gekijō (Toshiba Sunday Theater). Following this success, she penned a string of hits. The NHK morning drama series Oshin became one of Japan’s most representative programs, broadcast in over 60 countries around the world, and Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari (The World Is Full of Demons) set records as a long-running production, spanning 26 years. In 1992, she founded the Hashida Cultural Foundation, became its chairperson, and established the Hashida Award. She received numerous awards, including the NHK Broadcasting Culture Award, the Kan Kikuchi Award, the Special Award of the Mainichi Art Award, and the Grand Prix of the Montblanc Culture Arts Patronage Award. She was awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal in 1988 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class in 2004. In 2015, she became the first scriptwriter to be named a Person of Cultural Merit. She died in 2021 at the age of 95.
- Masterpieces
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愛と死を見つめて
愛といのち
となりの芝生
女たち
夫婦
女たちの忠臣蔵
大河ドラマ「おんな太閤記」
連続テレビ小説「おしん」