Kazuaki Takano

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Kazuaki Takano ( Japanese 高 野 和 明 , Takano Kazuaki ; born October 26, 1964 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese screenwriter and writer who writes crime stories and thrillers . He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan .

biography

Kazuaki Takano developed a fascination for films as early as primary school age. He was particularly influenced by Steven Spielberg's thriller Duel , which made him want to write scripts and become a film director himself. He finished his first screenplay with the title Yūrei ( Japanese 幽 霊 , German spirit) before he entered university and thus made it into the final selection for the Nihon eiga seisakusha renmei ( Japanese 日本 映 画 製作 者 連 盟 , German association in 1983) of the Japanese film producers) awarded young talent award for screenwriters. From 1985 to 1989 Kazuaki Takano worked for the Japanese director Kihachi Okamoto and was involved in the shooting and production of films, television programs and direct-to-video productions.

Kazuaki Takano started making films in his youth and later worked for Japanese director Kihachi Okamoto . From 1989 to 1991 he studied film production, directing and editing at Los Angeles City College . During his stay in the USA, he also worked for the  American Broadcasting Company (abc). After his return to Japan, Kazuaki Takano worked in film and television, where he wrote scripts for various drama , among other things .

Inspired by reading crime novels by the well-known Japanese author Miyuki Miyabe , for example Majutsu wa sasayaku ( Japanese 魔術 は さ さ や く , English The Devil's Whisper , translated by Alfred Birnbaum) and Kasha ( Japanese 火車 , German fire truck , translated by Ralph Degen) he began writing fiction himself in 1996.

In 2001 his first novel Jūsan kaidan ( 13 階段 , 13 steps ) was published, which dealt with the death penalty in Japan , sold around 400,000 times and was awarded the Edogawa Rampo Prize . In the following years more novels appeared until 2011 Jenosaido ( ジ ェ ノ サ イ ド ) was published. The book became a bestseller, was nominated for the Naoki Prize , and won the Yamada Futaro Prize. Jenosaido was published in an English translation in the United States in 2013 ( Genocide Of One ) and in Germany in 2015 ( Extinction ). In Germany, the book was published on January 2, 2015 in a translation by Rainer Schmidt by C. Bertelsmann . After its publication, the novel rose to the top 10 of the Spiegel bestseller list in the paperback / fiction category and reached 4th place.

Works

Scripts

  • Dorama
    • Mikan to tsuki (蜜柑 と 月) (April 13 - April 16, 1992), TV Asahi
    • Sayonara made no yokkakan (サ ヨ ナ ラ ま で の 4 日間) (May 4 – May 7, 1992), TV Asahi
    • Ma no shisen (魔 の 視線) (May 5, 1992), Nippon Terebi Hōsōmō
    • Tanpopo kurabu (た ん ぽ ぽ ク ラ ブ), (June 22 - June 25, 1992), TV Asahi
    • Jiko chōsa (自己 調査) (23 August - 26 August 1992), TV Asahi
    • Jidōgyakutaichōsakan Momose Natsuki no jiken fairu (児 童 虐待 調査 官 ・ 百 瀬 な つ き の 事件 フ ァ イ ル) (February 18, 2000), Fuji Television
    • Ai no kotoba (愛 の こ と ば) (April 2 - June 29, 2001), Fuji Television
    • Roku jikan go ni kimi wa shinu (6 時間 後 に 君 は 死 ぬ) (September 28, 2008), WOWOW
  • Movies
    • Kokkai e ikō! (国会 へ 行 こ う) (May 1, 1993), Tōhō

Novels

  • Jūsan kaidan ( 13 階段 ), 2001.
  • Gureibu diggā ( グ レ イ ヴ デ ィ ッ ガ ー ), 2002.
  • KN no higeki ( K ・ N の 悲 ), 2003.
  • Yūrei jinmei kyūjotai ( 幽 霊 人命 救助 隊 ), 2004.
  • Yume no karute ( 夢 の カ ル テ ), 2005 (together with Hitoshi Sakagami).
  • Jenosaido ( ジ ェ ノ サ イ ド ), 2011.
    • English: Genocide Of One , from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel, Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company, New York, Boston, London 2014, ISBN 978-0-316-22622-6 .
    • German: Extinction , from the English by Rainer Schmidt, Verlag C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-10185-8 .
    • French: Génocide (s) , from the Japanese by Jean-Baptiste Flamin, Presses de la Cité, Paris, 2018, ISBN 978-2-258-13512-3 .

Short story collections

  • Roku jikango ni kimi wa shinu. ( 6 時間 後 に 君 は 死 ぬ ), 2007.

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ List of Members, Kazuaki Takano . Mystery Writers of Japan (Japanese)
  2. ↑ a b c d Profile at booksfromjapan.jp
  3. ^ Profile and introduction of Genocide Of One at Mulholland Books
  4. ^ Extinction at Buchreport .
personal data
SURNAME Takano, Kazuaki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 高 野 和 明 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo Prefecture , Japan