Fuji Yahiro

Fuji Yahiro
Fuji Yahiro in 1941
Born	(1904-07-18)July 18, 1904 Fukuoka Prefecture
Died	November 9, 1986(1986-11-09) (aged 82)
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Screenwriter

Fuji Yahiro (八尋不二, Yahiro Fuji) (18 July 1904 – 9 November 1986^[1]) was a Japanese screenwriter, mostly of chanbara films. His real name was Minoru Yahiro.^[1] Leaving Meiji University before graduating, he began writing screenplays at Shōzō Makino's Makino Film Productions in 1927.^[1] He ended up penning hundreds of screenplays at many studios, such as Teikine, Shinkō Kinema, and Daiei.^[1] He also participated in the "Narutakimura" group, writing screenplays with Sadao Yamanaka, Hiroshi Inagaki, Eisuke Takizawa and others.^[1] He also wrote many books and received the Order of the Rising Sun in 1975.

Selected filmography

• Sansho the Bailiff (山椒大夫 Sanshō Dayū) (1954)
• Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (血槍富士, Chiyari Fuji) (1955)
• Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi (怪猫五十三次, Kaibyo Gojusan-tsugi) (1956)
• Yatarō gasa (弥太郎笠) (1957)
• Freelance Samurai (桃太郎侍, Momotarō Zamurai) (1957)
• Suzakumon (朱雀門) (1957)
• The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵, Chushingura) (1958)
• The Demon of Mount Oe (1960)
• The Snow Woman (1968)

References

External links

• Fuji Yahiro at IMDb
• Yahiro Fuji at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)