Taichi Yamada
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Taichi Yamada(Sơn điền quá một,Yamada Taichi,6 June 1934[1]– 29 November 2023)was a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. His real name wasTaichi Ishizaka(Thạch bản quá một,Ishizaka Taichi).
Life and career
[edit]Born inAsakusa,Tokyo, Yamada attendedWaseda Universitybefore entering theShōchikufilm studios, where he trained as an assistant director underKeisuke Kinoshita.[2]He left the company at age 30 to focus on writing scripts for television dramas, penning such successful series asKishibe no arubamuandFuzoroi no ringotachi.[2]He also wrote scripts for film and the stage.
As a novelist, his novelIjintachi to no natsu(Dị nhân たちと の hạ),published in 1987, won theYamamoto Shūgorō Prize.[3]It was translated into English, in 2003, asStrangers.Another Yamada novel,In Search of a Distant Voice,was translated and published in 2006 from a novel originally published in Japan in 1989. A third Yamada novel,I Haven't Dreamed of Flying for a While(Phi ぶ mộng をしばらく thấy ない,Tobu yume o shibaraku minai),was translated into English and published in 2008.
The first film adaptation ofStrangers,The Discarnates,competed for the Golden St. George at the16th Moscow International Film Festivalin July 1989 and won other select film awards. The second film adaptation,All of Us Strangers,premiered atTelluride Film Festivalin August 2023 and also went on to be nominated for and win many film awards.
Yamada died on 29 November 2023, at the age of 89.[4]
Selected works
[edit]Television
[edit]- Kishibe no arubamu(1977)
- Omoide Zukuri(1981)
- Fuzoroi no ringotachi(1983)
- Fuzoroi no ringotachi II(1985)
- Fuzoroi no ringotachi III(1991)
- Fuzoroi no ringotachi IV(1997)
Film
[edit]- Final Take(キネマ の thiên địa Kinema no Tenchi) (1986)
- The Discarnates( dị nhân たちと の hạ, Ijin Tachi to no Natsu) (1988)
- Childhood Days( thiếu niên thời đại Shōnen jidai) (1990)
- All of Us Strangers(Andrew Haigh) (2023)
Literature
[edit]- I Haven't Dreamed of Flying for a While(Phi ぶ mộng をしばらく thấy ない,Tobu yume wo shibaraku minai)(1985)
- Strangers(Dị nhân たちと の hạ,Ijintachito no natsu)(1987)
- In Search of a Distant Voice(Xa く の thanh を lục soát して,Toku no koe wo sagashite)(1989)
References
[edit]- ^"Hiển chương trạng sơn điền quá một thị"(PDF).Honors and Awards Database - Waseda University(in Japanese).Waseda University.24 September 2016.Retrieved3 December2023.
- ^ab"Kyakuhon, shōsetsuka Yamada Taiichi".Chūnichi shinbun.9 September 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 15 November 2011.Retrieved30 October2011.
- ^"Yamamoto Shūgorō shō: Kako no jushō sakuhin".Shinchōsha.Retrieved30 October2011.
- ^"Scriptwriter Taichi Yamada Dies at 89".The Japan News.1 December 2023.Retrieved1 December2023.
External links
[edit]- Yamada's siteArchived31 December 2006 at theWayback Machine(in English)
- Taichi YamadaArchived8 April 2014 at theWayback Machineat J'Lit Books from Japan(in English)
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