Yōjirō Ishizaka

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Yōjirō Ishizaka (石坂 洋次郎, Ishizaka Yōjirō, January 25, 1900 – October 7, 1986) was an influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan.

Education, early career, and family[]

Born at , Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Ishizaka went to Hirosaki Middle School in 1913 and then to Keio University in 1920. Upon graduating, he took a position at Hirosaki Women's High School. Later, he became a teacher at . From 1929 to 1938 he taught at Yokote Junior High School.

In 1939, he moved to Tokyo, and in 1940, during World War II, he was a news correspondent in the Philippines.

One of his granddaughters was (1953-2010),[1] a writer and later producer of video games including Prince of Persia and The Last Express (admired for its story-telling), with Jordan Mechner;[2] she also worked with her husband Doug Carlston, founder of Brøderbund. Another granddaughter, Tomi's sister Naomi Pierce, is an authority on butterflies and a professor at Harvard University.

Writing career[]

His novel Blue Mountain Range (青い山脈 Aoi sanmyaku) helped introduce the concept of the "New Japan" - a postwar culture that could look forward to a new future.

While widely popular in Japan, to the point that some of his stories were made into multiple movies, only a small portion of his writings have been translated and published in English.

Writings[]

  • "Go to See a Sea" published in Mita Bungaku magazine (1927)
  • Wakai Hito published in Mita Bungaku magazine (1933)
  • Wakai hito (1937) (novel)
  • Doku-ganryu masamune (1942) (novel)
  • (青い山脈 Aoi sanmyaku) (1949) (novel)
    • film adaptation: 青い山脈 Aoi sanmyaku (1949 film) (1949)
    • film adaptation: 續 青い山脈 (1949)
    • film adaptation: 青い山脈 新子の巻 (1957)
    • film adaptation: 続青い山脈　雪子の巻 Zoku Aoi sanmyaku Yukiko no maki (1957)
    • film adaptation: 青い山脈 (1963)
    • film adaptation: 青い山脈 (1975)
    • film adaptation: 青い山脈'88 (1988)
  • Ishinaka sensei gyojoki (1950) (story)
  • Wakai hito (1952) (novel)
  • Kuchizuke, III: Onna doshi (1955) (story)
  • Nikui mono (1957) (story)
  • Hi no ataru sakamichi (1958) (novel)
  • Wakai musumetachi (1958) (story)
  • Suzukake no sanpomichi (1959) (novel)
  • Aruhi watashi wa (1959) (novel)
  • Kiri no naka no shojo (1959)
  • Kawano hotoride (1962) (story)
  • Izuko e (1966) (story)
  • Wakai musume ga ippai (1966) (story)
  • Ishinaka sensei gyojoki (1966) (story)
  • Hi no ataru sakamichi (1967) (novel)
  • (1968) (novel)
    • Film adaptation: (1968) [3]
  • Hi no ataru sakamichi (1975) (novel)
  • Aitsu to watashi (1976) (novel)
  • Wakai hito (1977) (novel)

See also[]

  • The Baby Carriage (乳母車 Ubaguruma), 1956 film based on one of Ishizaka's stories

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 11, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Memorial for Tomi Pierce
  2. ^ [1] Jordan Mechner's obituary of Tomi Pierce
  3. ^ IMDB: Dare no isu?

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