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Hisako Hayasaka

はやさか ひさこ

Hayasaka Hisako

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1926-02-12 （Tokyo）
Died
2017-08-11 age 91
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
playwright, screenwriter
Active Years
1953-2017
Affiliations
Hayakawa Publishing
Memberships
Japan Screenwriters Guild

Education

Japan Women's University
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: Japan
After graduation, joined Hayakawa Publishing in 1953

Awards

Kishida Kunio Drama Award
1960
Organization: Kishida Kunio Drama Award Committee
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Soubun

play

A short play depicting the nuances of human relationships and emotions.

human relationshipsemotion

The Fox

play

A dramatic work incorporating elements of folk tales.

folktalerelationships

When the Geese Return

play

A play themed around nostalgia and parting.

nostalgiaseparation

Echizen Bamboo Doll (screenplay)

screenplay

A screenplay based on a work by Minakami Ben.

adaptationregional culture
Adaptations
  • [film/stage] Echizen Bamboo Doll

Bibliography

  • Soubun
  • The Fox
  • When the Geese Return
  • Echizen Bamboo Doll (screenplay)

Adaptations

  • Echizen Bamboo Doll (original by Minakami Ben)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realistic dialogue-driven dramastyle emphasizing psychological depiction
Recurring Motifs
familynostalgiaisolation

Legacy

A playwright and screenwriter active in postwar Japanese theater and scriptwriting. Winner of the 1960 Kishida Kunio Drama Award, she influenced subsequent writers through magazine editing and script work.

Trivia

  • Graduated from Japan Women's University and joined Hayakawa Publishing after graduation.
  • Won the 6th Kishida Kunio Drama Award in 1960.
  • Was a member of the Japan Screenwriters Guild.