
Writing
Yasutaro Yagi
3 February 1903† 8 September 1987 (aged 84) Gunma, Japan
- Written
- 52
- Movies
- 2
Biography
Yasutarō Yagi (3 February 1903 – 8 September 1987) was a Japanese screenwriter, mostly famous for his adaptations of literary works for the director Tomu Uchida in the 1930s, such as Jinsei gekijō and Kagirinaki zenshin, and for his collaborations with leftist filmmakers such as Kaneto Shindo and Tadashi Imai in the postwar period. He served as president of the Japan Screenwriters Guild. Wikipedia contributors. "Yasutarō Yagi." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 24 Jan. 2021. Web. 3 Nov. 2021.
Known For
- 1976
- Isho: Shiroi shōjo · Film · Writer
- 1969
- River Without a Bridge · Film · Screenplay
- 1968
- Monument to the Girl's Corps · Film · Screenplay
- 1965
- Blood and Sea · Film · Screenplay
- 1964
- A Story from Echigo · Film · Screenplay
- Gazing at Love and Death · Film · Screenplay
- 1963
- Kanto Wanderer · Film · Screenplay
- 1962
- Farm Girls · Film · Story
- 1961
- Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab · Film · Screenplay
- 1959
- The Human Wall · Film · Screenplay
- Lucky Dragon No. 5 · Film · Screenplay
- Kashima-nada no onna · Film · Screenplay
- 1957
- Rice · Film · Screenplay
- Streetlights · Film · Screenplay
- Ujō · Film · Screenplay
- 1956
- Song of the Underworld · Film · Screenplay
- 1955
- A Hole of My Own Making · Film · Screenplay
- Blood Festival of Akagi · Film · Screenplay
- Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri · Film · Writer
- Osanaki mono wa uttaeru · Film · Writer
- 1954
- The End of a Day · Film · Executive Producer
- The Last Women · Film · Screenplay
- 1953
- Hiroshima · Film · Writer
- At the End of the Clouds · Film · Screenplay
- Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu · Film · Screenplay
- The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki · Film · Screenplay
- 1952
- The Yamabiko School · Film · Screenplay
- Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu · Film · Screenplay
- August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan · Film · Writer
- Toki no teizo: Sōshūban · Film · Screenplay
- 1950
- Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka · Film · Writer
- Listen to the Voices of the Sea · Film · Script Supervisor
- The Rainbow-Colored Flower · Film · Screenplay
- Town of Violence · Film · Screenplay
- Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom · Film · Script Supervisor
- Les Miserables I: God and the Devil · Film · Script Supervisor
- 1949
- Utako's Story · Film · Screenplay
- Wagakoyue ni · Film · Screenplay
- Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya · Film · Screenplay
- 1948
- A Second Life · Film · Writer
- Platform at Night · Film · Screenplay
- 1947
- Invitation to Happiness · Film · Writer
- 1943
- Suicide Troops of the Watchtower · Film · Screenplay
- 1941
- A Diary of Our Love · Film · Screenplay
- 1940
- Tuition · Film · Adaptation
- Spring on Leper's Island · Film · Screenplay
- Ōhinata-mura · Film · Writer
- Okumura Ioka · Film · Screenplay
- The Burning Sky · Film · Screenplay
- 1939
- Earth · Film · Screenplay
- 1938
- King Kong Appears in Edo: The Episode of Gold · Film · Inoue Ginbei
- The King Kong That Appeared in Edo · Film · Inoue Ginbei
- Children of the Sun · Film · Screenplay
- 1937
- Unending Advance · Film · Writer
- 1936
- Theater of Life: Youth Version · Film · Screenplay
- The Crown of Life · Film · Writer
- 1930
- Behold This Mother · Film · Screenplay
















































