A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Seichô Matsumoto
Seichō Matsumoto
松本清张
Birthplace:
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Born:
December 21, 1909
Died:
August 4, 1992
Seichō Matsumoto (松本 清張 Matsumoto Seichō, December 21, 1909 – August 4, 1992) was a Japanese writer. Seichō's works created a new tradition of Japanese crime fiction. Dispensing with formulaic plot devices such as puzzles, Seichō incorporated elements of human psychology and ordinary life. In particular, his works often reflect a wider social context and postwar nihilism that expanded the scope and further darkened the atmosphere of the genre. His exposé of corruption among police officials as well as criminals was a new addition to the field. The subject of investigation was not just the crime but also the society in which the crime was committed. From Wikipedia.
Book:
2024 松本清張ドラマスペシャル 顔
Novel:
1958 Points and Lines
1958 The Invisible Wall
1958 Voice Without a Shadow
1959 Stop the Old Fox
1960 Towering Waves
1961 Death on the Mountain
1961 Structure of Hate
1961 The Yellow Climate
1961 Zero Focus
1962 The Thinking Leaf
1963 The Hidden Profile
1965 A Trap
1965 Beast Alley
1965 The Forest of No Escape
1970 The Shadow Within
1971 Shadow of Deception
1974 The Castle of Sand
1975 Without Complaint
1980 The Wicked
1982 Suspicion
1983 Amagi Pass
1983 Cold Current
1983 Dansen
1983 Meiso chizu
1983 The Tale of Saikaido
1984 The Street of Desire
2002 Kichiku
2005 The Passed Scene
2007 Dots and Lines
2009 中央流沙
2010 Pro Bono
2010 Shodo Kyouju
2017 Error
2019 Castle of Sand
2024 松本清張ドラマスペシャル 顔
Original Concept:
1958 Points and Lines
1958 The Invisible Wall
1958 Voice Without a Shadow
1959 Stop the Old Fox
1960 Towering Waves
1961 Death on the Mountain
1961 Structure of Hate
1961 The Yellow Climate
1961 Zero Focus
1962 The Thinking Leaf
1963 The Hidden Profile
1965 A Trap
1965 Beast Alley
1965 The Forest of No Escape
1970 The Shadow Within
1971 Shadow of Deception
1974 The Castle of Sand
1975 Without Complaint
1980 The Wicked
1982 Suspicion
1983 Amagi Pass
1983 Cold Current
1983 Dansen
1983 Meiso chizu
1983 The Tale of Saikaido
1984 The Street of Desire
2002 Kichiku
2005 The Passed Scene
2007 Dots and Lines
2009 中央流沙
2010 Pro Bono
2010 Shodo Kyouju
2017 Error
2019 Castle of Sand
2020 Black Art Collection -Testimony-
2024 松本清張ドラマスペシャル 顔
Original Story:
1957 The Face
1958 Points and Lines
1958 The Invisible Wall
1958 Voice Without a Shadow
1959 Kikenna onna
1959 Stop the Old Fox
1960 The Lost Alibi
1960 Towering Waves
1961 Death on the Mountain
1961 Structure of Hate
1961 The Yellow Climate
1961 Zero Focus
1962 The Thinking Leaf
1963 The Hidden Profile
1965 A Trap
1965 Beast Alley
1965 The Forest of No Escape
1969 Bonds of Love
1970 The Shadow Within
1971 Shadow of Deception
1972 Cross-Currents
1974 The Castle of Sand
1975 Without Complaint
1977 Sweet Revenge
1980 The Wicked
1982 Suspicion
1983 Amagi Pass
1983 Cold Current
1983 Dansen
1983 Meiso chizu
1983 The Tale of Saikaido
1984 The Street of Desire
1998 Amagi Pass
1998 The Central Quicksand
2002 Kichiku
2005 The Passed Scene
2006 Aoi byoten
2006 Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Wave Tower
2006 Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers
2007 Dots and Lines
2009 Black Current
2009 Ekiro
2009 Giwaku
2009 Hi to Shio
2009 Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Face
2009 中央流沙
2010 Pro Bono
2010 Shodo Kyouju
2012 One in a hundred thousand
2012 Shichou Shisu
2012 The Dangerous Slope
2012 The Housekeeper
2014 300 Million Yen Robbery
2014 A House on a Hill
2014 Delivery of Death
2014 Jikan no Shûzoku
2014 Pro Bono
2014 Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014 Tsuyoki ari
2015 Kuroi Gashu: Kusa
2015 Partner in Crime
2015 Shadow Area
2015 The Housekeeper Saw!
2016 Deep Sea of Tree
2016 Stop the Old Fox
2016 The Rite of Loss
2016 The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
2017 Error
2017 ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
2017 花実のない森
2019 Castle of Sand
2019 Giwaku
2020 Black Art Collection -Testimony-
2024 松本清張ドラマスペシャル 顔
Short Story:
1957 The Face
1958 Accomplice
1958 Points and Lines
1958 Stakeout
1958 The Invisible Wall
1958 Voice Without a Shadow
1959 Kikenna onna
1959 Stop the Old Fox
1960 The Lost Alibi
1960 Towering Waves
1961 Death on the Mountain
1961 Structure of Hate
1961 The Yellow Climate
1961 Zero Focus
1962 The Thinking Leaf
1963 Escape from Hell
1963 The Hidden Profile
1965 A Trap
1965 Beast Alley
1965 The Forest of No Escape
1969 Bonds of Love
1970 The Shadow Within
1971 Shadow of Deception
1972 Cross-Currents
1974 The Castle of Sand
1975 Without Complaint
1977 Sweet Revenge
1980 The Wicked
1982 Suspicion
1983 Amagi Pass
1983 Cold Current
1983 Dansen
1983 Meiso chizu
1983 The Tale of Saikaido
1984 The Street of Desire
1998 Amagi Pass
1998 The Central Quicksand
2002 Kichiku
2005 The Passed Scene
2006 Aoi byoten
2006 Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Wave Tower
2006 Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers
2007 Dots and Lines
2009 Black Current
2009 Ekiro
2009 Giwaku
2009 Hi to Shio
2009 Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Face
2009 中央流沙
2010 Pro Bono
2010 Shodo Kyouju
2012 One in a hundred thousand
2012 Shichou Shisu
2012 The Dangerous Slope
2012 The Housekeeper
2014 300 Million Yen Robbery
2014 A House on a Hill
2014 Delivery of Death
2014 Jikan no Shûzoku
2014 Pro Bono
2014 Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014 Tsuyoki ari
2015 Kuroi Gashu: Kusa
2015 Partner in Crime
2015 Shadow Area
2015 The Housekeeper Saw!
2016 Deep Sea of Tree
2016 Stop the Old Fox
2016 The Rite of Loss
2016 The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
2017 Error
2017 ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
2017 花実のない森
2019 Castle of Sand
2019 Giwaku
2020 Black Art Collection -Testimony-
2024 松本清張ドラマスペシャル 顔
Story:
1957 The Face
1958 Accomplice
1958 Points and Lines
1958 Stakeout
1958 The Invisible Wall
1958 Voice Without a Shadow
1959 Kikenna onna
1959 Stop the Old Fox
1960 The Lost Alibi
1960 Towering Waves
1961 Death on the Mountain
1961 Structure of Hate
1961 The Yellow Climate
1961 Zero Focus
1962 The Thinking Leaf
1963 Escape from Hell
1963 The Hidden Profile
1965 A Trap
1965 Beast Alley
1965 The Forest of No Escape
1969 Bonds of Love
1970 The Shadow Within
1971 Shadow of Deception
1972 Cross-Currents
1974 The Castle of Sand
1975 Without Complaint
1977 Sweet Revenge
1978 The Demon
1980 The Wicked
1982 Suspicion
1983 Amagi Pass
1983 Cold Current
1983 Dansen
1983 Meiso chizu
1983 The Tale of Saikaido
1984 The Street of Desire
1998 Amagi Pass
1998 The Central Quicksand
2002 Kichiku
2005 The Passed Scene
2006 Aoi byoten
2006 Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Wave Tower
2006 Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers
2007 Dots and Lines
2009 Black Current
2009 Ekiro
2009 Giwaku
2009 Hi to Shio
2009 Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Face
2009 中央流沙
2010 Pro Bono
2010 Shodo Kyouju
2012 One in a hundred thousand
2012 Shichou Shisu
2012 The Dangerous Slope
2012 The Housekeeper
2014 300 Million Yen Robbery
2014 A House on a Hill
2014 Delivery of Death
2014 Jikan no Shûzoku
2014 Pro Bono
2014 Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014 Tsuyoki ari
2015 Kuroi Gashu: Kusa
2015 Partner in Crime
2015 Shadow Area
2015 The Housekeeper Saw!
2016 Deep Sea of Tree
2016 Stop the Old Fox
2016 The Rite of Loss
2016 The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
2017 Error
2017 ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
2017 花実のない森
2019 Castle of Sand
2019 Giwaku
2020 Black Art Collection -Testimony-
2024 松本清張ドラマスペシャル 顔
Writer:
1957 The Face
1958 Accomplice
1958 Points and Lines
1958 Stakeout
1958 The Invisible Wall
1958 Voice Without a Shadow
1959 Kikenna onna
1959 Stop the Old Fox
1960 The Lost Alibi
1960 Towering Waves
1961 Death on the Mountain
1961 Structure of Hate
1961 The Yellow Climate
1961 Zero Focus
1962 The Thinking Leaf
1963 Escape from Hell
1963 The Hidden Profile
1965 A Trap
1965 Beast Alley
1965 The Forest of No Escape
1969 Bonds of Love
1970 The Shadow Within
1971 Shadow of Deception
1972 Cross-Currents
1974 The Castle of Sand
1975 Without Complaint
1977 Sweet Revenge
1978 The Demon
1980 The Wicked
1982 Suspicion
1983 Amagi Pass
1983 Cold Current
1983 Dansen
1983 Meiso chizu
1983 The Tale of Saikaido
1984 The Street of Desire
1998 Amagi Pass
1998 The Central Quicksand
2002 Kichiku
2005 The Passed Scene
2006 Aoi byoten
2006 Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Wave Tower
2006 Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers
2007 Dots and Lines
2009 Black Current
2009 Ekiro
2009 Giwaku
2009 Hi to Shio
2009 Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Face
2009 Zero Focus
2009 中央流沙
2010 Pro Bono
2010 Shodo Kyouju
2012 One in a hundred thousand
2012 Shichou Shisu
2012 The Dangerous Slope
2012 The Housekeeper
2014 300 Million Yen Robbery
2014 A House on a Hill
2014 Delivery of Death
2014 Jikan no Shûzoku
2014 Pro Bono
2014 Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014 Tsuyoki ari
2015 Kuroi Gashu: Kusa
2015 Partner in Crime
2015 Shadow Area
2015 The Housekeeper Saw!
2016 Deep Sea of Tree
2016 Stop the Old Fox
2016 The Rite of Loss
2016 The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
2017 Error
2017 ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
2017 花実のない森
2019 Castle of Sand
2019 Giwaku
2020 Black Art Collection -Testimony-
2024 松本清張ドラマスペシャル 顔
Creator:
1982 Matsumoto Seicho's Black Leather Notebook
1997 Kaseifu wa mita!
2007 Evil People
2011 松本清張サスペンス (テレビ東京)
Novel:
1982 Matsumoto Seicho's Black Leather Notebook
1983 Kaseifu wa mita!
1997 Kaseifu wa mita!
2004 The Black Leather Notebook
2007 Evil People
2011 The Castle of Sand
2011 松本清張サスペンス (テレビ東京)
2017 Black Leather Notebook
Original Story:
1977 Suna no Utsuwa
1978 Kyukei no Koya
1982 Matsumoto Seicho's Black Leather Notebook
1983 Kaseifu wa mita!
1997 Kaseifu wa mita!
2004 The Black Leather Notebook
2004 Vessel of Sand
2006 The Animal Trail
2007 Evil People
2010 Kyukei no Koya
2011 The Castle of Sand
2011 松本清張サスペンス (テレビ東京)
2017 Black Leather Notebook
2017 Black Leather Notebook
2022 The Wall of the Eye
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