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Yasutaro Yagi

Yasutaro Yagi

Writing

February 3, 1903 — September 8, 1987Gunma, 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.

Known for

Writing50

遺書 白い少女movie

遺書 白い少女

1976

Writer

River Without a Bridgemovie

River Without a Bridge

1969

Screenplay

Monument to the Girl's Corpsmovie

Monument to the Girl's Corps

1968

Screenplay

Blood and Seamovie

Blood and Sea

1965

Screenplay

Gazing at Love and Deathmovie

Gazing at Love and Death

1964

Screenplay

A Story from Echigomovie

A Story from Echigo

1964

Screenplay

Kanto Wanderermovie

Kanto Wanderer

1963

Screenplay

Farm Girlsmovie

Farm Girls

1962

Story, Screenplay

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grabmovie

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab

1961

Screenplay

The Human Wallmovie

The Human Wall

1959

Screenplay

Kashima-nada no onnamovie

Kashima-nada no onna

1959

Screenplay

Lucky Dragon No. 5movie

Lucky Dragon No. 5

1959

Screenplay

Ujōmovie

Ujō

1957

Screenplay

Ricemovie

Rice

1957

Screenplay

Streetlightsmovie

Streetlights

1957

Screenplay

Song of the Underworldmovie

Song of the Underworld

1956

Screenplay

Osanaki mono wa uttaerumovie

Osanaki mono wa uttaeru

1955

Writer

A Hole of My Own Makingmovie

A Hole of My Own Making

1955

Screenplay

Blood Festival of Akagi
movie

Blood Festival of Akagi

1955

Screenplay

Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsurimovie

Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri

1955

Writer

The Last Womenmovie

The Last Women

1954

Screenplay

The End of a Daymovie

The End of a Day

1954

Screenplay

Hiroshimamovie

Hiroshima

1953

Writer

At the End of the Cloudsmovie

At the End of the Clouds

1953

Screenplay

The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyukimovie

The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki

1953

Screenplay

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bumovie

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

1953

Screenplay

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bumovie

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

1952

Screenplay

Toki no teizo: Sōshūbanmovie

Toki no teizo: Sōshūban

1952

Screenplay

The Yamabiko Schoolmovie

The Yamabiko School

1952

Screenplay

August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japanmovie

August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan

1952

Writer

The Rainbow-Colored Flowermovie

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

1950

Screenplay

Town of Violencemovie

Town of Violence

1950

Screenplay

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinakamovie

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

1950

Writer

Utako's Storymovie

Utako's Story

1949

Screenplay

Platform at Nightmovie

Platform at Night

1948

Screenplay

A Second Lifemovie

A Second Life

1948

Writer

Invitation to Happinessmovie

Invitation to Happiness

1947

Writer, Story

Suicide Troops of the Watchtowermovie

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

1943

Screenplay

A Diary of Our Lovemovie

A Diary of Our Love

1941

Screenplay

Ōhinata-mura
movie

Ōhinata-mura

1940

Writer

Spring on Leper's Islandmovie

Spring on Leper's Island

1940

Screenplay

Okumura Ioka
movie

Okumura Ioka

1940

Screenplay

The Burning Skymovie

The Burning Sky

1940

Screenplay

Tuitionmovie

Tuition

1940

Adaptation

Earthmovie

Earth

1939

Screenplay

Children of the Sun
movie

Children of the Sun

1938

Screenplay

Unending Advancemovie

Unending Advance

1937

Writer

The Crown of Lifemovie

The Crown of Life

1936

Writer

Theater of Life: Youth Versionmovie

Theater of Life: Youth Version

1936

Screenplay

Behold This Mothermovie

Behold This Mother

1930

Screenplay

Directing3

Acting2

Production1

The End of a Daymovie

The End of a Day

1954

Executive Producer