Fûtarô Yamada

Fûtarô Yamada

WRITER

Son of doctors, his first intention was to be a doctor, too, but during his attendance at the Tokyo Medical College in 1947, one novel he wrote was awarded a prize by a detective novel magazine, and after graduation in 1950, he decided to be a novelist. His favourite genres were the detective story and the ninja, "Koga Ninpocho" being the most famous. In 1956, two of his detective novels were converted into films, but from 1963 on, almost all of his 16 large screen adaptations were ninja novels. The success of the first movie, "Edo Ninpocho: Nanatsu no Kage" ("Record of Edo Ninjas: Seven Shadows") followed by "Tsukikage Ninpocho: Nijuichi no Manako" ("Account of Moon Shadow Ninjas: 21 Eyes" the same year, encouraged Toei Film Production into doing an entire film series about Yamada novels until 1969, firstly in B/W and CinemaScope.
  • When was
    Fûtarô Yamada born?

    Fûtarô Yamada was born on Wednesday, January 4, 1922

  • Where was
    Fûtarô Yamada born?

    Fûtarô Yamada was born in Hyogo, Japan

  • How old was
    Fûtarô Yamada when they died?

    Fûtarô Yamada was 80

  • When did Fûtarô Yamada die?

    Fûtarô Yamada died on
    Saturday, July 28, 2001


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