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Yōjirō Ishizaka (1900-1986)

Alias:
Yojiro Ishizaka
石坂 洋次郎

Birthplace:
Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Born:
January 15, 1900

Died:
October 7, 1986

Biography from TheMovieDB

Yōjirō Ishizaka was an influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan.  His work has been adapted into the big screen in more than 70 films.

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Film Production

Author:
1955  The First Kiss

Novel:
1937  Young People
1939  Sincerity
1942  Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
1949  A Woman's Face
1949  The Blue Mountains: Part I
1952  Forbidden Path
1953  Shishun no izumi
1955  The First Kiss
1956  The Baby Carriage
1958  A Slope in the Sun
1958  Bright Young Maidens
1959  Someday I'll Know
1962  Fresh Leaves
1963  Beyond the Green Hills
1963  Bright Sea
1963  Gone in the Rain
1964  Green Fruit
1964  Sweet Seventeen
1965  A Story Written with Water
1967  Journey to the North
1975  Aoi sanmyaku

Original Story:
1937  Young People
1939  Sincerity
1941  Dawn Chorus
1942  Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
1949  A Woman's Face
1949  The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949  The Blue Mountains: Part II
1950  Beyond the Hills
1950  Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1951  Wakai musumetachi
1952  Forbidden Path
1953  Shishun no izumi
1955  The First Kiss
1956  The Baby Carriage
1958  A Slope in the Sun
1958  Bright Young Maidens
1959  Someday I'll Know
1960  Beyond the Hills
1961  Hana to musume to shiroi michi
1961  That Guy and I
1962  Born in Sin
1962  Fresh Leaves
1963  Beyond the Green Hills
1963  Bright Sea
1963  Gone in the Rain
1963  The Hill is Full of Flowers
1964  Green Fruit
1964  Sweet Seventeen
1965  A Story Written with Water
1965  Song of Farewell
1966  Young Girls Are Everywhere
1967  Journey to the North
1967  Pomegranate Time
1967  The Black Sheep
1967  Zoku izuko e
1968  The Final Winner?
1975  Aoi sanmyaku
1988  The Blue Mountains '88

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TV Production

Original Story:
1966  Lost in the Rain

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