Kishida Kunio Drama Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1962) award
Yagi Shuichiro
やぎ しゅういちろう
Yagi Shūichirō
Aliases:
八木 伸一
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-12-20 （Kanagawa Prefecture）
- Died
- 2004-06-14 age 75
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, screenwriter, director
- Active Years
- 1955-2004
- Influenced By
- Kinoshita Junji, Miyamoto Ken, Kojima Nobuo
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamagata Higher School (old system) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Yamagata Higher School (old system)
Country:
Japan
Left during the period of attendance (dropped out); published works in literary circles and later debuted as a playwright.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Kishida Kunio Drama Award | Harbor Beggars and Six Sons / The Conveyor Does Not Stop | — | Kishida Kunio Drama Award Committee | winner |
| 1970 | Art Festival Excellence Award | Empty Nest | — | Art Festival (Agency for Cultural Affairs) | winner |
| 1987 | Kinokuniya Theatre Award (Individual Prize) | — | 個人賞 | Kinokuniya Theatre Award | winner |
| 1995 | Yuasa Yoshiko Award | — | — | Yuasa Yoshiko Award Committee | winner |
| 1996 | Art Encouragement Prize, Minister of Education | — | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs | winner |
Kishida Kunio Drama Award
1962
Work:
Harbor Beggars and Six Sons / The Conveyor Does Not Stop
Organization:
Kishida Kunio Drama Award Committee
Result:
winner
Art Festival Excellence Award
1970
Work:
Empty Nest
Organization:
Art Festival (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Result:
winner
Kinokuniya Theatre Award (Individual Prize)
1987
Category:
個人賞
Organization:
Kinokuniya Theatre Award
Result:
winner
Yuasa Yoshiko Award
1995
Organization:
Yuasa Yoshiko Award Committee
Result:
winner
Art Encouragement Prize, Minister of Education
1996
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 46 (1996) award
Works
Major Works
Harbor Beggars and Six Sons
1962 playAn ensemble play depicting characters living on the margins of the city, addressing social rupture and family issues.
familysocietyalienation
The Conveyor Does Not Stop
1962 playA socially-minded piece set against factories and labor, depicting relentless flow and individual conflict.
laborindividualsociety
Empty Nest
1970 playA work depicting the collapse of family and generational rupture; it received an Excellence Award at the 1970 Art Festival.
familydisintegrationgenerations
Aversion to Men (screenplay)
1964 film (screenplay)Wrote the screenplay for a 1964 film; it portrays relationships between men and women and their psychology.
gender relationspsychology
Adaptations
- [film] Aversion to Men (1964)
Bibliography
- Harbor Beggars and Six Sons
- The Conveyor Does Not Stop
- Empty Nest
- A House with Borders
- Aversion to Men (screenplay)
Adaptations
- Aversion to Men (film adaptation, 1964)
- TV drama adaptation of a Matsumoto Seicho work (1982)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- modern dramasocial realist
- Recurring Motifs
- family collapseurban lonelinesssocial rupture
Health
-
rectal cancer晩年Died in 2004 from rectal cancer.
Legacy
A key postwar Japanese dramatist who depicted family and social issues through stage, television, and film scripts. He was a pioneer in moving into TV screenwriting from the 1960s onward.
Trivia
- Real name was Yagi Shin'ichi.
- Dropped out of Yamagata Higher School (old system) and debuted as a playwright in 1955 with "Three Thieves."