Yamada Fūtaro

Yamada Fūtaro

Yamada Fūtarō ( Japanese 山田 風 太郎 ; * January 4, 1922 ; † July 28, 2001 ) was a Japanese writer.

The son of a doctor studied medicine at the Tōkyō Ika Daigaku (Tokyo Medical University). He made his debut with the short stories Ganchū no akuma ("Devil in the Eye") and Kyōzō inraku ("Virtual Pleasure"), for which he received the 1949 Prize of the Mystery Authors of Japan ( Nihon Suiri Sakka Kyōkai Shō ). After this success he decided to pursue a career as a writer. He became popular as a writer of mystery literature and detective novels and adapted legends from Japanese literary history. His series of ninja novels, which appeared from 1958, became famous . Many of his books, including two detective and sixteen ninja novels, were successfully filmed, and several were also processed into series. His last novel, The Death of Jûbei Yagyu , was published in 1991. In 1997, Yamada was honored with the Kikuchi Kan Prize .

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• j.lit Books from Japan - Futaro Yamada
• Yamada Fūtarō in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Yamada is the family name, Fūtarō the first name.