Hoseki Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 1 (1946) winning
Kazuo Shimada
しまだ かずお
Shimada Kazuo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1907-05-15 （Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 1996-06-16 （Japan） age 89
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Screenwriter, Newspaper reporter
- Active Years
- 1951-1996
- Memberships
- Mystery Writers of Japan (served as chairman)
- Influenced By
- Fūtarō Yamada, Akimitsu Takagi, Shigeru Kayama, Sunao Otsubo
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meiji University | — | — | — | 中退 | Japan |
Meiji University
Period:
中退
Country:
Japan
Dropped out before graduation
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Detective Writers Club Award | Short stories (including 'Shakaibu Kisha' / 'Midnight Release', etc.) | — | Detective Writers Club | Winner |
Detective Writers Club Award
1951
Work:
Short stories (including 'Shakaibu Kisha' / 'Midnight Release', etc.)
Organization:
Detective Writers Club
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Mystery Writers of Japan Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 4 (1951) short story prize
Works
Major Works
Murder Production
1946 MysteryDebut short story; prize-winning entry in the magazine 'Houseki'.
Classic detective puzzleHuman relations behind the scenes
Social Affairs Reporter
1951 Mystery (short story collection)A collection of short stories based on his experience as a reporter; the origin of the 'Incident Reporter' series.
Newspaper reportersSocial mystery
Incident Reporter
1962 MysteryOne of his representative works. A series featuring newspaper reporters; adapted into an NHK TV drama.
ReportingPursuit of truth
Adaptations
- [TV drama] Incident Reporter (NHK) (1958)
The Kofun Murder Case
1948 MysteryAn early whodunit-style novel with archaeological elements.
Classic detective puzzleArchaeology
Bibliography
- The Kofun Murder Case (1948)
- Nishiki-e Murder Case (1949)
- Murder Production (1946)
- Social Affairs Reporter (1951)
- Incident Reporter (1962)
Adaptations
- Incident Reporter (NHK TV drama)
- Pro Fighter (TV drama)
- Railway Policeman Kiyomura Kosaburo (TV drama)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Social mystery grounded in realismDetailed on-site descriptions reflecting wartime correspondent experience
- Recurring Motifs
- Newspaper reportersPolice and investigationRailways and public securitySymbolic motifs such as a woman in a red raincoat
Legacy
One of the representative postwar mystery writers in Japan. He wrote numerous social mysteries drawing on his reporter experience, influenced the genre through TV adaptations (notably NHK) and his leadership of the Mystery Writers of Japan.
Academic Societies
- Mystery Writers of Japan
In Popular Culture
- Incident Reporter adapted into an NHK TV drama
- Several works adapted for TV dramas and enjoyed by the public
Trivia
- Dropped out of Meiji University
- Joined Manshu Nippo in 1931 and worked as a war correspondent
- Debuted in 1946 with 'Murder Production' (won the 'Houseki' short story contest)
- Won the Detective Writers Club Award in 1951 (for a group of short stories)
- Wrote scripts for the TV drama 'Incident Reporter' for about eight years from 1958