Sō Kuramoto
Japanese playwright and screenwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaoru Yamatani (山谷 馨, born 1934), better known by his pen name Sō Kuramoto (倉本 聰), is a Japanese playwright and screenwriter.
Biography
He was born in Tokyo on 21 December 1934. He attended Azabu High School and studied aesthetics at Tokyo University.[1] He then found work at Nippon Broadcasting System (NBS).[1] While an employee there, he also began submitting scripts for NBS radio programs under the pen name Sō Kuramoto, keeping his identity a secret from his employers. In 1963 he left NBS and began working as a freelancer.[1] He had troubles around NHK's teleplay Katsu Kaishū and moved to Hokkaido. After staying in Sapporo, he moved to Furano in 1977.[2] In 1984 he established Furano Juku, a school for script-writers and actors.[3]
Hirokazu Kore-eda stated that in 1970s Japan, the top three TV scriptwriters were Kuniko Mukōda, Taichi Yamada, and Kuramoto.[4]
Works
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Television
- Katsu Kaishū (1974)
- Zenryaku Ofukurosama (1975)
- Daitokai Season1 (1976)
- Haguregumo (1978)
- Kita no Kuni Kara (1981–2002)[5]
- Yasuragi no Sato (2018-19)
- Yasuragi no Toki: Michi (2019-20)
Film
- Kunoichi ninpō (1964)
- Kunoichi Keshō (1964)
- Blue Christmas (1978)
- Fuyu no Hana (1978)
- Station (1981)
- Tokei – Adieu l'hiver (1986)
- Umi e, See You (1988)[6]
- Silence of the Sea (2024)[6]
References
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