07-19-2018, 11:39 PM
Japanese screenwriter, collaborator with Akira Kurosawa
Shinobu Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本 忍, Hashimoto Shinobu) (18 April 1918 – 19 July 2018) was a Japanese screenwriter, director, producer, and frequent collaborator with Akira Kurosawa.[2] He won some 16 awards for his writing, including a succession of Blue Ribbon Awards, particularly in the 1960s.
In 2008, Hashimoto's screenplay for I Want to Be a Shellfish (Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai), a post-World War II war crimes trial drama based on the 1959 Tetsutaro Kato novel and made into a film that same year, was remade, directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa and starring Yukie Nakama and Masahiro Nakai.
He turned 100 in April 2018. Hashimoto died in Tokyo on July 19th, 2018, from pneumonia. [1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinobu_Hashimoto
Shinobu Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本 忍, Hashimoto Shinobu) (18 April 1918 – 19 July 2018) was a Japanese screenwriter, director, producer, and frequent collaborator with Akira Kurosawa.[2] He won some 16 awards for his writing, including a succession of Blue Ribbon Awards, particularly in the 1960s.
In 2008, Hashimoto's screenplay for I Want to Be a Shellfish (Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai), a post-World War II war crimes trial drama based on the 1959 Tetsutaro Kato novel and made into a film that same year, was remade, directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa and starring Yukie Nakama and Masahiro Nakai.
He turned 100 in April 2018. Hashimoto died in Tokyo on July 19th, 2018, from pneumonia. [1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinobu_Hashimoto
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