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Hiraiwa Yumie
- Profile
- She was born in Yoyogi, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, in 1932. As a scriptwriter, novelist, essayist, and classical translator, she made significant and lasting contributions to the literary, theatrical, and broadcasting fields. Having studied Japanese classical dance (Nihon Buyō) and other classical performing arts from a young age, she went on to found a drama club during high school, where she wrote and staged her own plays. After graduating from Japan Women’s University, she studied under Yukio Togawa and Shin Hasegawa. In 1959, she won the Naoki Prize for her novel Taganeshi (The Master Engraver), which was adapted into a drama on Radio Tokyo (now TBS) that same year. In the realm of television, she boasts a large number of hits across multiple roles, including creating original stories, providing source material, scriptwriting, and adapting works for television. Her television scripts include her collaborations with TBS producer Fukuko Ishii on series such as Onna to Misoshiru (A Woman and Miso Soup), Kimottama Kāsan (Gutsy Mother), and Arigatō (Thank You). Other notable works include the Yumie Hiraiwa’s Drama Series (1977–1985, Fuji TV), the NHK morning drama series Tabiji (Journey, 1967), and the NHK Taiga historical drama Shin Heike Monogatari (The New Tale of the Heike, 1972). Many of her works provided the source material for television series like On’yado Kawasemi (Kawasemi Inn) and Hayabusa Shinpachi Torimono-chō (Hayabusa Shinpachi’s Detective Story). If one includes her adaptations as well, her contributions to television are truly enormous. She died in 2023 at the age of 91.
- Masterpieces
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