Mephisto Award
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Jiro Yushin
じろう ゆうしん
Jirō Yūshin
Pen Names:
Shinjiro（Pen name used at debut as a screenwriter）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1975 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Screenwriter, Creative planner
- Active Years
- 2006-
- Nominations
- Kido Award (film scenario contest) finalist (two consecutive years during university)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Hollywood | Film Course | — | — | — | Japan |
Digital Hollywood
Film Course
Country:
Japan
Completed the Film Course
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Mephisto Prize | Money Road | — | Kodansha | 受賞 |
Mephisto Prize
2008
Work:
Money Road
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Money Road
2008 NovelAdaptations
- [Audio cinema] Money Road — Part I & II (2009)
Akutō ga Mita Hoshi
2009 NovelOne Missed Call Final
2006 Film (screenplay)Bibliography
- Money Road (2008)
- Akutō ga Mita Hoshi (2009)
- One Missed Call Final (screenplay, 2006)
- Money Road — Part I & II (Audio cinema, 2009)
- YAMAHA THR 10X/10C5A WEB PV (planning)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bicycle Rules CM 'Chikokuma Charism' (planning cooperation)
Adaptations
- Money Road (Audio cinema, 2009)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- MysterySuspenseCinematic description
- Recurring Motifs
- MoneyCrimeUrban settings
Legacy
Jiro Yushin debuted as a screenwriter before publishing fiction; he won Kodansha's Mephisto Prize in 2008 and launched his career as a novelist. His writing is cinematic in style, and the winning work Money Road has been adapted as an audio-cinema production.
Archives
- National Diet Library authority record
In Popular Culture
- Audio-cinema adaptation of Money Road (2009)
Trivia
- Debuted as a screenwriter under the pen name 'Shinjiro'.
- Won Kodansha's Mephisto Prize in 2008 for Money Road.
- Was a two-time consecutive finalist in the Kido Award (during university).
- Completed the Film Course at Digital Hollywood.
- Money Road was adapted into an audio-cinema production using binaural audio techniques.
- Contributed to a YAMAHA web PV and Tokyo's bicycle rules CM (planning/cooperation).