Kodansha Nonfiction Award こうだんしゃノンフィクションしょう
Edition 28 (2006)
NonfictionLiterary award
Winners
2 peopleA mountaineering nonfiction work about Yasushi and Taeko Yamanoi's climb of Gyachung Kang, portraying avalanche, frostbite, and the weight of survival.
A beautiful ice wall becomes a wall of death on which return itself is at stake.
300 pages
mountaineeringextreme conditionspartnershipsurvival
A nonfiction work tracing Akira Kurosawa's departure from the Hollywood production Tora! Tora! Tora!, focusing on filmmaking, Japan-U.S. negotiation, and artistic isolation.
The clash between a world-renowned director and a huge film industry is traced through testimony.
film historyAkira KurosawaHollywoodnonfiction