Yasutaro Yagi

Yasutaro Yagi

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1903-02-03

  • Day of Death

    1987-09-08 (84 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Gunma Prefecture, Japan

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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