Yasutaro Yagi
Yasutarō Yagi (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, 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. Wikipedia contributors. "Yasutarō Yagi." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 24 Jan. 2021. Web. 3 Nov. 2021.
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 1903-02-03 · Gunma, Japan
- Died
- 1987-09-08
Known for
- Hiroshima (1953) — Writer
- Rice (1957) — Screenplay
- Kanto Wanderer (1963) — Screenplay
- Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950) — Writer
- Earth (1939) — Screenplay
- A Story from Echigo (1964) — Screenplay
- The Human Wall (1959) — Screenplay
- Suicide Troops of the Watchtower (1943) — Screenplay
- Tuition (1940) — Adaptation
- Spring on Leper's Island (1940) — Screenplay
- Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959) — Screenplay
- The King Kong That Appeared in Edo (1938) — Inoue Ginbei
- Listen to the Voices of the Sea (1950) — Script Supervisor
- Gazing at Love and Death (1964) — Screenplay
- A Hole of My Own Making (1955) — Screenplay
- The Rainbow-Colored Flower (1950) — Screenplay