Yasutaro Yagi
Known for
Writing
Born
February 3, 1903
Birthplace
Gunma, Japan
Died
September 8, 1987 (aged 84)
Biography
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.
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Best known work
Hiroshima
1953
Rice
1957
Kanto Wanderer
1963
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
Earth
1939
A Story from Echigo
1964
The Human Wall
1959
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
1943
Tuition
1940
Spring on Leper's Island
1940Filmography
1976
遺書 白い少女Writer
1969
River Without a BridgeScreenplay
1968
Monument to the Girl's CorpsScreenplay
1965
Blood and SeaScreenplay
1964
Gazing at Love and DeathScreenplay
1964
A Story from EchigoScreenplay
1963
Kanto WandererScreenplay
1962
Farm GirlsStory, Screenplay
1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-GrabScreenplay
1959
The Human WallScreenplay
1959
Kashima-nada no onnaScreenplay
1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5Screenplay
1957
UjōScreenplay
1957
RiceScreenplay
1957
StreetlightsScreenplay
1956
Song of the UnderworldScreenplay
1955
Osanaki mono wa uttaeruWriter
1955
A Hole of My Own MakingScreenplay
1955
Blood Festival of AkagiScreenplay
1955
1954
The Last WomenScreenplay
1954
The End of a DayScreenplay, Executive Producer
1953
HiroshimaWriter
1953
At the End of the CloudsScreenplay
1953
The Tragic General: Yamashita TomoyukiScreenplay