Yasutaro Yagi

Yasutaro Yagi

Known for
Writing
Born
February 3, 1903
Died
September 8, 1987 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Gunma, Japan

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

Filmography

1976
Isho: Shiroi shōjo poster

Isho: Shiroi shōjo

Movie · Writer

1969
River Without a Bridge poster

River Without a Bridge

Movie · Screenplay

1968
Monument to the Girl's Corps poster

Monument to the Girl's Corps

Movie · Screenplay

1965
Blood and Sea poster

Blood and Sea

Movie · Screenplay

1964
A Story from Echigo poster

A Story from Echigo

Movie · Screenplay

1964
Gazing at Love and Death poster

Gazing at Love and Death

Movie · Screenplay

1963
Kanto Wanderer poster

Kanto Wanderer

Movie · Screenplay

1962
Farm Girls poster

Farm Girls

Movie · Story, Screenplay

1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab poster

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab

Movie · Screenplay

1959
Kashima-nada no onna poster

Kashima-nada no onna

Movie · Screenplay

1959
The Human Wall poster

The Human Wall

Movie · Screenplay

1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5 poster

Lucky Dragon No. 5

Movie · Screenplay

1957
Streetlights poster

Streetlights

Movie · Screenplay

1957
Rice poster

Rice

Movie · Screenplay

1957
Ujō poster

Ujō

Movie · Screenplay

1956
Song of the Underworld poster

Song of the Underworld

Movie · Screenplay

1955
A Hole of My Own Making poster

A Hole of My Own Making

Movie · Screenplay

1955
Blood Festival of Akagi

Blood Festival of Akagi

Movie · Screenplay

1955
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri poster

Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri

Movie · Writer

1955
Osanaki mono wa uttaeru poster

Osanaki mono wa uttaeru

Movie · Writer

1954
The Last Women poster

The Last Women

Movie · Screenplay

1954
The End of a Day poster

The End of a Day

Movie · Screenplay

1953
At the End of the Clouds poster

At the End of the Clouds

Movie · Screenplay

1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu poster

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

Movie · Screenplay

1953
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki poster

The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki

Movie · Screenplay

1953
Hiroshima poster

Hiroshima

Movie · Writer

1952
The Yamabiko School poster

The Yamabiko School

Movie · Screenplay

1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu poster

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

Movie · Screenplay

1952
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan poster

August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan

Movie · Writer

1952
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban poster

Toki no teizo: Sōshūban

Movie · Screenplay

1950
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka poster

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

Movie · Writer

1950
The Rainbow-Colored Flower poster

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

Movie · Screenplay

1950
Town of Violence poster

Town of Violence

Movie · Screenplay

1949
Utako's Story poster

Utako's Story

Movie · Screenplay

1949
Wagakoyue ni

Wagakoyue ni

Movie · Screenplay

1949
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya poster

Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya

Movie · Screenplay

1948
A Second Life poster

A Second Life

Movie · Writer

1948
Platform at Night poster

Platform at Night

Movie · Screenplay

1947
Invitation to Happiness poster

Invitation to Happiness

Movie · Writer, Story

1943
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower poster

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

Movie · Screenplay

1941
A Diary of Our Love poster

A Diary of Our Love

Movie · Screenplay

1940
Okumura Ioka

Okumura Ioka

Movie · Screenplay

1940
Ōhinata-mura

Ōhinata-mura

Movie · Writer

1940
Tuition poster

Tuition

Movie · Adaptation

1940
Spring on Leper's Island poster

Spring on Leper's Island

Movie · Screenplay

1940
The Burning Sky poster

The Burning Sky

Movie · Screenplay

1939
Earth poster

Earth

Movie · Screenplay

1938
Children of the Sun

Children of the Sun

Movie · Screenplay

1937
Unending Advance poster

Unending Advance

Movie · Writer

1936
Theater of Life: Youth Version poster

Theater of Life: Youth Version

Movie · Screenplay

1936
The Crown of Life poster

The Crown of Life

Movie · Writer

1930
Behold This Mother poster

Behold This Mother

Movie · Screenplay