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Ryu Keiichiro

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Ryu Keiichiro

別名: 池田 一朗 / Ikeda Ichiro
ペンネーム: Ikeda Ichirō（Real name; used for screenwriting）, Ryu Keiichiro（Pen name used for novels (adopted in later years)）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1923-09-30 （Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan）
死没
1989-11-04 （Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Medical University Hospital)） 66歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Akasaka, Tokyo (birthplace) → Kyoto (attended Doshisha middle school) → Tokyo (later life; died in Shinjuku)

経歴

職業
screenwriter, novelist, translator, university lecturer
活動期間
1957年〜1989年
所属
Sogensha (later Tokyo Sogensha), Rikkyo University — lecturer, Chuo University — associate professor, Kondo Teruo Production (collaboration)
影響を受けた人物
Hideo Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Amino
影響を与えた人物
Tetsuo Hara, Mitsuteru Yokoyama
ノミネート
95th Naoki Prize candidate - 'Yoshiwara Gomenjo', 101st Naoki Prize candidate - 'Yagyu Hijoken'

学歴

University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters / Department of French Literature
期間: 1945-1948
卒業年: 1948
国: Japan
Studied under critic Hideo Kobayashi while at university
Doshisha Middle School (old system)
国: Japan
Attended under the old system before advancing to Third High School
Third High School (old system)
国: Japan
Attended the old-system Third High School

受賞歴

Scenario Writers Association Award
1959
対象作品: Nian-chan
主催: Scenario Writers Association
結果: 受賞
Shibata Renzaburo Award
1989
対象作品: Ichimu-an Furyūki
主催: Shibata Renzaburo Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Japan Film Producers Association Award (Special Award)
1990
主催: Japan Film Producers Association
結果: 受賞
Japan Adventure Fiction Association Grand Prize (Special Award)
1990
対象作品: Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu
主催: Japan Adventure Fiction Association
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Yoshiwara Gomenjo

1986年 historical/period novel

Set in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter, it portrays conflicts and human drama surrounding a protagonist rumored to be an illegitimate scion of the imperial family and the local puppet entertainers. It was a candidate for the 95th Naoki Prize and later staged as a play.

Yoshiwara (pleasure quarter)human emotionssamurai societyloyalty and revenge
映像化・舞台化
  • [stage] Yoshiwara Gomenjo (stage adaptation)

Ichimu-an Furyūki

1989年 historical novel

A major historical novel focused on Maeda Keijiro, vividly depicting the life and humanity of the kabukimono (eccentric warriors). It served as the source for the manga 'Hana no Keiji' by Tetsuo Hara and achieved wide popularity.

kabukimono (eccentric warriors)men's livespopular/local history
映像化・舞台化
  • [manga] Hana no Keiji — Beyond the Clouds

Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu

1989年 historical fiction

Centers on a kagemusha (double) of Tokugawa Ieyasu who acts to secure the Tokugawa legacy after Sekigahara. The work has been adapted into manga and television formats.

kagemusha (double)conspiracySengoku (warring states) history
映像化・舞台化
  • [manga] Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu (manga adaptation)

Nian-chan (film)

1959年 film (screenplay)

A screenplay for a Nikkatsu film; one of his representative works as a screenwriter. It won the Scenario Writers Association Award.

youthhuman drama

全著作

  • Yoshiwara Gomenjo
  • Onimaro Zan'nin Ken
  • Kakuresato Kukaiyuki
  • Yagyu Hijoken
  • Ichimu-an Furyūki
  • Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Sute-dōji — Matsudaira Tadatoki
  • Yagyu Shikakujō
  • Shinu koto to mitsuketari (Unfinished)
  • The Emperor of Flowers and Fire (Unfinished)
  • Kabuite Sōrō (Unfinished)
  • Kakekomidera Kage Shimatsu
  • To an Unknown Sea (Unfinished)
  • Kaze no Jusatsu-jin
  • The Pleasures of Period Fiction (Essays)

翻案

  • Hana no Keiji — manga adaptation by Tetsuo Hara
  • Nofu no Fue — Takarazuka Revue stage adaptation
  • Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu — TV drama and manga adaptations

作家による翻訳

  • Poetry collection by Paul Éluard (translated by Ikeda Ichirō with Shuichi Kato and Keisaku Kubota, Sogensha, 1952)

作風・主題

文体
popular, accessible prosecharacter-driven narrativesvivid period settings
頻出モチーフ
samurai lifeYoshiwara / pleasure quartershuman compassion and sentimentmarginal / popular social history

健康

  • liver cirrhosis
    1980年代–1989年
    Died of liver cirrhosis in 1989. His illness affected his late-career creative output.

評価・遺産

A longtime screenwriter for film and television whose later-career historical novels under the pen name Ryu Keiichiro caused a sensation. His works have been adapted into manga and stage productions and have influenced contemporary popular culture.

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (author record)
  • Authority records such as VIAF / ISNI / BnF

大衆文化への影響

  • The manga 'Hana no Keiji', based on Ichimu-an Furyūki, permeated popular culture
  • TV and stage adaptations have been repeatedly produced, keeping his works in public awareness

豆知識

  • He was fond of sake and is said to have drunk until 2–3 a.m.; he especially liked Asakusa.
  • The pen name 'Ryu Keiichiro' is said to have been given to him by the proprietress of his favorite izakaya.
  • On a doctor's advice he devised a vegetable-heavy 'three-meals pot' and succeeded in losing weight.
  • Anecdotally he carried Hagakure to the front during wartime; reading it there inspired his later writing.
  • As a student he reportedly wore loose undershirts with cotton padding to protect himself in fights.
  • An altercation in high school left a scar above his left eye.
  • He used his real name Ikeda Ichirō for screenwriting, and the name Ryu Keiichiro for novels.
  • When Tetsuo Hara visited him in hospital, a survival knife was reportedly found in his short boots, surprising the visitor.