Futaro Yamada
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Futaro Yamada in 1964
Template:Nihongo was the pen name of Template:Nihongo, a Japanese author. He was born in Yabu, Hyogo. In 1947, he wrote a mystery short story Template:Nihongo and was awarded a prize by the magazine Template:Nihongo. He was discovered by Edogawa Rampo and became a novelist. He wrote many ninja (忍法帖 Ninpōchō series) and mystery stories. Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime.
Works in English translationEdit
NovelsEdit
- The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (original title: 甲賀忍法帖, Kōga Ninpōchō), translation Geoff Sant (Del Rey, 2006)
- The Meiji Guillotine Murders (original title: 明治断頭台, Meiji Dantōdai, 1979), translation Bryan Karetnyk (Pushkin Press, 2023)
Short storyEdit
- "The Yellow Lodger" (original title: Kiiroi Geshukunin), translation Damian Flanagan (The Tower of London: Tales of Victorian London, Peter Owen, 2005) – A Sherlock Holmes pastiche<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
AwardsEdit
- 1949, the 2nd Detective Story Writers' Club Award
- 1997, the 45th Kikuchi Kan Prize
- 2000, the 4th Japan Mystery Award
- 2004, the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Basilisk, the manga adaptation of The Kouga Ninja Scrolls<ref name="KodanshaHahn">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Selected worksEdit
Ninja stories ("Ninpōchō" series)Edit
- Template:Nihongo<ref>"Shinobi: Heart Under Blade". (January 2007) Newtype USA. Volume 6, Number 1, page 23.</ref> - adapted to film in 2005, to manga in 1963 and two times in 2003, and to anime in 2005 (based on one of the 2003 manga).
- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film in 1963, and as a TV series in 1966.
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- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film twice: in 1964 (as Kunoichi ninpō) and in 1991.
- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film twice in 1964 and 1992.
- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film in 1963, 1996, and 2011.
- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film in 1965, 1983 (TV), and 1994.
- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film in 1982 (as Ninja Wars) and to manga in 2004.
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- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film in 1965 and 1968.
- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film in 1998 and to manga in 2005.
- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film in 1969.
- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film in 1995.
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- Template:Nihongo (serialized as Oboro Ninpōchō) - adapted to film in 1981, 1996 and 2003, to anime in 1997 and to various manga.
- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film in 1968.
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Other fictionEdit
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- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film in 1956.
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- Template:Nihongo - adapted to manga in 2006.
- Template:Nihongo - adapted to TV series in 1972, TV movie in 1983, V-cinema film in 1995, and to manga in 2006.
- Template:Nihongo - adapted to film in 1965.
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ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Futarou Yamada Museum Template:In lang
- Permanent display in the Hyogo Net Museum of Literature Template:In lang
- Futaro Yamada at J'Lit Books from Japan Template:In lang
- Synopsis of The Story of the Eight Dog Warriors (Hakkenden) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) Template:In lang
- The War Generation's Genius - comic about Futaro Yamada's early life