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Yazumi Toshio
- Profile
- He was born in Osaka City in 1903. He graduated from Waseda University. After working as a translator of Russian literature and a shingeki activist, he joined PCL (now Toho) in 1936. He made his screenplay debut in 1936 with Bushidō Hogaraka narisi koro (Days of Cheerful Bushido). After gaining significant recognition with Higuchi Ichiyo in 1939, he devoted himself to screenwriting and authored a large number of screenplays for films. After going freelance, his radio drama Mukō-sangen Ryō-donari (Three Houses Opposite, Two Next Door, NHK) achieved great popularity. As the industry transitioned into the television era, he continued to write prolifically, scripting and adapting a large number of television programs. His further script credits include Ai no Hodō (Pavement of Love, 1955, NHK), Megami Tanjō (Birth of a Goddess, 1957, NTV), Nettaigyo (Tropical Fish, 1960, NTV), Fūfu Matsuri (The Couple’s Festival, 1960, TBS), Shichinin no Mago (The Seven Grandchildren, 1964–1966, TBS), Higashi wa Higashi, Nishi wa Nishi (East is East, West is West, 1965, NET [now TV Asahi]), and Aki no Chō (Autumn Butterfly, 1966, CBC), which received the Encouragement Prize at the Art Festival. He also wrote the script for Ijiwaru Bāsan (The Mischievous Granny, 1967–1969, Yomiuri TV), in addition to amassing a large number of adaptations. He served as a chairperson of the Japan Writers Guild, where he dedicated himself to the establishment of copyrights for creators. He died in 1991 at the age of 88.
- Masterpieces
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