was a
Japanese novelist and non-fiction writer, born in
North Hamgyong
North Hamgyong Province (Hamgyŏngbukdo, ) is the northernmost province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Hamgyong Province.
Geography
The province is bordered by China (Jilin) on the north, ...
, a
province of what is now
North Korea.
He was interested in high-profile crimes in Japan and published a number of non-fiction books about Japanese crimes.
On January 14, 1976, Saki was awarded the
Naoki Prize for the novel ''Vengeance Is Mine'' based on Japanese
serial killer Akira Nishiguchi
was a Japanese serial killer and fraudster who murdered five people in late 1963. The focus of a national manhunt, Nishiguchi's crime spree came to an end in January 1964 when he was identified by the 10-year-old daughter of a potential victim. ...
.
The novel became the basis of
Shohei Imamura's film ''
Vengeance Is Mine''. He also wrote the books about
Norio Nagayama,
Tsutomu Miyazaki,
Fusako Sano and
Futoshi Matsunaga
is a Japanese serial killer who both defrauded and tortured his victims in what is collectively known as the Kitakyūshū Serial Murder Incident ( ja, 北九州連続殺人事件). Matsunaga was convicted of six counts of murder and one count ...
.
In 1992, Saki published a book about Japanese
Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi and Korean
An Jung-geun, titled ''Itō Hirobumi to An Jung-geun''.
On 1 November 2015, he died from throat cancer in
Kitakyūshū
is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fukuoka. It is one of ...
at age 78.
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1937 births
2015 deaths
20th-century Japanese novelists
21st-century Japanese novelists
Japanese non-fiction writers
Deaths from cancer in Japan
People from North Hamgyong
Male novelists
Naoki Prize winners
20th-century Japanese male writers
21st-century male writers
Deaths from throat cancer
Male non-fiction writers
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