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Kōbō Abe (1924-1993)

Birthplace:
Kita, Tokyo, Japan

Born:
March 7, 1924

Died:
January 22, 1993

Biography from TheMovieDB

Kōbō Abe, pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (March 7, 1924 – January 22, 1993) was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor. Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society and his modernist sensibilities.  Among the honors bestowed on him were the Akutagawa Prize in 1951 for The Crime of S. Karuma, the Yomiuri Prize in 1962 for Woman in the Dunes, and the Tanizaki Prize in 1967 for the play Friends. Kenzaburō Ōe stated that Abe deserved the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he himself had won (Abe was nominated multiple times).

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Film Production

Director:
1971  The Cliff of Time
1980  The Little Elephant is Dead / An Elephant Calf Is Dead

Music:
1971  The Cliff of Time
1980  The Little Elephant is Dead / An Elephant Calf Is Dead

Novel:
1964  Woman in the Dunes
1966  The Face of Another
1968  The Man Without a Map
1971  The Cliff of Time
1980  The Little Elephant is Dead / An Elephant Calf Is Dead
2024  The Box Man

Original Story:
1963  Intruders
1964  Ako
1964  Woman in the Dunes
1966  The Face of Another
1968  The Man Without a Map
1971  The Cliff of Time
1974  A Poet's Life
1980  The Little Elephant is Dead / An Elephant Calf Is Dead
1987  Friends
2002  The Box Man
2021  Shinrei Shokudō 2
2024  The Box Man

Screenplay:
1956  The Thick-Walled Room
1962  Pitfall
1963  Intruders
1964  Ako
1964  Woman in the Dunes
1966  The Face of Another
1968  The Man Without a Map
1970  240 Hours in One Day
1971  The Cliff of Time
1974  A Poet's Life
1980  The Little Elephant is Dead / An Elephant Calf Is Dead
1987  Friends
2002  The Box Man
2021  Shinrei Shokudō 2
2024  The Box Man

Story:
1956  The Thick-Walled Room
1962  Pitfall
1963  Intruders
1964  Ako
1964  Woman in the Dunes
1966  The Face of Another
1968  The Man Without a Map
1970  240 Hours in One Day
1971  The Cliff of Time
1974  A Poet's Life
1980  The Little Elephant is Dead / An Elephant Calf Is Dead
1987  Friends
2002  The Box Man
2021  Shinrei Shokudō 2
2024  The Box Man

Writer:
1954  A Billionaire
1956  The Thick-Walled Room
1962  Pitfall
1963  Intruders
1964  Ako
1964  Woman in the Dunes
1966  The Face of Another
1968  The Man Without a Map
1970  240 Hours in One Day
1971  The Cliff of Time
1974  A Poet's Life
1980  The Little Elephant is Dead / An Elephant Calf Is Dead
1987  Friends
2002  The Box Man
2021  Shinrei Shokudō 2
2024  The Box Man

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