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Yamada Nobuo
- Profile
- He was born in Shanghai, China, in 1932. He returned to Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, at the end of the war. While studying at Waseda University, he became a trainee scriptwriter at Toho. Following graduation, he boarded at the home of novelist Aiko Sato. After working as a teacher, literary staff member, and journalist, his 1958 script Hi ni Somuku Mono (He Who Turns from the Sun, Nikkatsu) won a prize in the Writers Association of Japan competition. This led to a contract with Nikkatsu and his debut as a scriptwriter. His extensive filmography includes many screenplays for Nikkatsu and Toho. Among these is the trilogy Sensō to Ningen (Men and War, 1970–1973), which remains a landmark in Japanese film history. In the realm of television, his script credits include Hateshinaki Kodoku ni (Endless Solitude, 1965, CBC), and Dai-shimin (The Great Citizen, 1966, NHK), which won the Encouragement Prize at the Art Festival. His later works include Hōrō Kazoku (The Wandering Family, 1975, MBS) and Kazoku: Kono Mitsunarumono (The Family: The Intimate Bond, 1984, Kansai TV), which won the Excellence Award at the National Arts Festival. Another notable work is Kikyō (Coming Home, 1988, Yomiuri TV), which won the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Grand Prize. His adaptations include Kirigirisu (Katydid, original story by Jun’ichi Watanabe, 1981, Kansai TV), which won the Excellence Award at the National Arts Festival, and the NHK Taiga historical drama Ryūkyū no Kaze (The Winds of the Ryukyu Islands, original story by Chin Shunshin, 1993, NHK). He died in 1998 at the age of 65.
- Masterpieces
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若ものー努の場合ー
大市民
小さな世界
三十秒の狙撃兵
きりぎりす
家族・この密なるもの
松本清張サスペンス・隠花の飾り「記念に・・・」
木曜ゴールデンドラマ「帰郷」