Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

Known for
Writing
Born
June 14, 1899
Died
April 16, 1972 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award.

Known For

Filmography

2022
Snow Country poster

Snow Country

Movie · Novel

2019
The Master of Funerals poster

The Master of Funerals

Movie · Novel

2019
One Arm poster

One Arm

Movie · Novel

2016
The Old Capital poster

The Old Capital

Movie · Novel, Original Story

2010
Kaidan Horror Classics poster

Kaidan Horror Classics

Movie · Original Story

2010
Kaidan Horror Classics poster

Kaidan Horror Classics

TV · Original Story · 1 ep

2009
Love Suicides poster

Love Suicides

Movie · Original Story

2009
Kingyo poster

Kingyo

Movie · Original Story

2008
A Girl in the Sunset poster

A Girl in the Sunset

Movie · Original Story

2008
Kataude poster

Kataude

Movie · Original Story

2007
Nemureru bijo poster

Nemureru bijo

Movie · Novel

2006
House of the Sleeping Beauties poster

House of the Sleeping Beauties

Movie · Novel

2005
Koto poster

Koto

Movie · Novel

2002
Shinshun! Love stories poster

Shinshun! Love stories

Movie · Original Story

2001
Bellas durmientes poster

Bellas durmientes

Movie · Novel

1995
House of Sleeping Beauties poster

House of Sleeping Beauties

Movie · Novel

1986
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature poster

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

TV · Original Story · 1 ep

1985
Sadness and Beauty poster

Sadness and Beauty

Movie · Novel

1980
Koto: The Ancient City poster

Koto: The Ancient City

Movie · Novel

1977
The Land of Snow poster

The Land of Snow

Movie · Novel

1974
The Izu Dancer poster

The Izu Dancer

Movie · Novel

1969
Thousand Cranes poster

Thousand Cranes

Movie · Novel

1969
Through Days and Months

Through Days and Months

Movie · Novel

1968
The House of the Sleeping Virgins poster

The House of the Sleeping Virgins

Movie · Novel

1967
The Izu Dancer poster

The Izu Dancer

Movie · Original Story

1966
Woman of the Lake poster

Woman of the Lake

Movie · Novel

1965
With Beauty and Sorrow poster

With Beauty and Sorrow

Movie · Novel

1965
Snow Country poster

Snow Country

Movie · Novel

1965
Tamayura poster

Tamayura

TV · Original Story · 310 eps

1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto poster

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Movie · Novel

1963
Love Comes with Youth poster

Love Comes with Youth

Movie · Writer

1960
The Izu Dancer poster

The Izu Dancer

Movie · Original Story

1959
Windy Street poster

Windy Street

Movie · Novel

1958
Woman Unveiled poster

Woman Unveiled

Movie · Original Story

1957
Snow Country poster

Snow Country

Movie · Novel

1956
A Rainbow at Every Turn poster

A Rainbow at Every Turn

Movie · Novel

1956
Family of Sorrow

Family of Sorrow

Movie · Original Story

1955
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi poster

Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi

Movie · Novel

1954
Sound of the Mountain poster

Sound of the Mountain

Movie · Novel

1954
Dancing Girls of Izu poster

Dancing Girls of Izu

Movie · Original Story

1954
Mother's First Love poster

Mother's First Love

Movie · Novel

1953
Reminiscence poster

Reminiscence

Movie · Novel

1953
Asakusa monogatari poster

Asakusa monogatari

Movie · Original Story

1952
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa poster

The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

Movie · Novel

1951
Dancing Girl poster

Dancing Girl

Movie · Original Story

1936
Mr. Thank You poster

Mr. Thank You

Movie · Novel

1935
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts poster

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

Movie · Original Story

1933
The Dancing Girl of Izu poster

The Dancing Girl of Izu

Movie · Author

1930
Asakusa kurenaidan

Asakusa kurenaidan

Movie · Original Story

1926
A Page of Madness poster

A Page of Madness

Movie · Writer, Original Story