Yasutarō Yagi

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Yasutarō Yagi
Yasutarō Yagi in 1941
Born(1903-02-03)February 3, 1903
DiedSeptember 8, 1987(1987-09-08) (aged 84)
NationalityJapanese
Other namesSanshirō Mōri (毛利三四郎)
Saburō Mōri (毛利三郎)
OccupationScreenwriter

Yasutarō Yagi (八木保太郎, Yagi Yasutarō) (3 February 1903 – 8 September 1987) was a Japanese screenwriter, mostly famous for his adaptations of literary works for the director Tomu Uchida in the 1930s, such as Jinsei gekijō and Kagirinaki zenshin,[1] and for his collaborations with leftist filmmakers such as Kaneto Shindo and Tadashi Imai in the postwar period. He served as president of the Japan Screenwriters Guild.

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  1. ^ "Yagi Yasutarō". Nihon jinmei daijiten (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  2. ^ Cultural Nippon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Nov. 1938), pl. IX-X, S. iii-iv
  3. ^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

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