Yasutaro Yagi

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.

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Known For

Hiroshima

悲劇の将軍 山下奉文

Street of Violence

Lucky Dragon No. 5

The Human Wall

A Story from Echigo

Kanto Wanderer

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

A Hole of My Own Making

The Burning Sky