Yasutaro Yagi
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- February 3, 1903
- Died
- September 8, 1987
- Birthplace
- Gunma, Japan
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.
Filmography
Isho: Shiroi shōjo 1976
Writer
River Without a Bridge 1969
Screenplay
Monument to the Girl's Corps 1968
Screenplay
Blood and Sea 1965
Screenplay
Gazing at Love and Death 1964
Screenplay
A Story from Echigo 1964
Screenplay
Kanto Wanderer 1963
Screenplay
Farm Girls 1962
Story, Screenplay
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab 1961
Screenplay
The Human Wall 1959
Screenplay
Kashima-nada no onna 1959
Screenplay
Lucky Dragon No. 5 1959
Screenplay
Ujō 1957
Screenplay
Rice 1957
Screenplay
Streetlights 1957
Screenplay
Song of the Underworld 1956
Screenplay
Osanaki mono wa uttaeru 1955
Writer
A Hole of My Own Making 1955
Screenplay
Blood Festival of Akagi 1955
Screenplay
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri 1955
Writer
The Last Women 1954
Screenplay
The End of a Day 1954
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Hiroshima 1953
Writer
At the End of the Clouds 1953
Screenplay
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki 1953
Screenplay
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu 1953
Screenplay
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu 1952
Screenplay
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban 1952
Screenplay
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan 1952
Writer
The Yamabiko School 1952
Screenplay
The Rainbow-Colored Flower 1950
Screenplay
Town of Violence 1950
Screenplay
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka 1950
Writer
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya 1949
Screenplay
Utako's Story 1949
Screenplay
Wagakoyue ni 1949
Screenplay
Platform at Night 1948
Screenplay
A Second Life 1948
Writer
Invitation to Happiness 1947
Writer, Story
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower 1943
Screenplay
A Diary of Our Love 1941
Screenplay
Ōhinata-mura 1940
Writer
Spring on Leper's Island 1940
Screenplay
Okumura Ioka 1940
Screenplay
The Burning Sky 1940
Screenplay
Earth 1939
Screenplay
Children of the Sun 1938
Screenplay
Unending Advance 1937
Writer
The Crown of Life 1936
Writer
Theater of Life: Youth Version 1936
Screenplay
Behold This Mother 1930
Screenplay
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom 1950
Script Supervisor
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil 1950
Script Supervisor
Listen to the Voices of the Sea 1950
Script Supervisor
Tuition 1940
Adaptation
King Kong Appears in Edo: The Episode of Gold 1938
as Inoue Ginbei
The King Kong That Appeared in Edo 1938
as Inoue Ginbei
Credits from TMDB.