was a Japanese
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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particularly known for his work in the
yakuza film genre.
He was born in the
Nihonbashi
is a business district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan which grew up around the bridge of the same name which has linked two sides of the Nihonbashi River at this site since the 17th century. The first wooden bridge was completed in 1603. The current ...
area of
Tokyo and dropped out of
Nippon University
, abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice (Japan), Minister of Justice, in 1889. ...
.
Works
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' (1973)
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima'' (1973)
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War'' (1974)
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics'' (1974)
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Cops vs. Thugs
is a 1975 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It won two Blue Ribbon Awards in 1976: Best Director (Fukasaku) and Best Actor (Sugawara). ''Complex'' named it number 6 on their list of The 25 Best Yakuza Movies. Kino International rele ...
'' (1975)
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Yakuza Graveyard'' (1976)
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The Battle of Port Arthur'' (1980)
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Final Yamato
is a 1983 Japanese anime epic science fiction film and the fifth film (fourth theatrical) of the ''Space Battleship Yamato'' saga (known as ''Star Blazers'' in the United States). Its extended 70mm cut was the longest animated film in the world ...
'' (1983)
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Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight'' (1985)
See also
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Kinji Fukasaku
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Haruhiko Arai - a screenwriter and a
movie critic who wrote 'Dramas of
Showa' (published from
Ohta Publishing) about Kasahara with Kasahara.
Ohta Publishing's HP
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kasahara, Kazuo
1927 births
2002 deaths
20th-century Japanese screenwriters