was a Japanese scriptwriter. She is known particularly for writing the

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'', and was considered Japan's most successful TV drama scriptwriter. She established Hashida Cultural Foundation. Her real name was .

Life

Hashida was born in

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(present-day

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) in 1925 while Korea was under Japanese rule. She moved to

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in Japan with her mother while she was still young. Sugako began studying Japanese literature at Japan Women's College in

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in 1942 but her education was interrupted by

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. Although her family had lost its savings, she was able later to continue her education, transferring to the Department of Art at

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. Hashida acknowledged that she discovered the work of

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during her studies and these were a substantial influence on her later work. After completing her studies, she found work in the script department of

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. She was laid off in 1960 but continued to write scripts on a freelance basis and supplemented her income by writing short stories for girls' magazines. In 1965, she married Hiroshi Iwasaki, a producer for the

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. In 1973, she wrote the script for the television drama ''Ai to Shi o Mitsumete''. This was followed by other successful scripts: the series ''Tonari no Shibafu'' (1976–77), ''

'' (1983–84), ''Fūfu'' (1979), ''Michi'' (1980), ''Onnatachi no Chuushingura'' (1981) and ''Dakazoku'' (1983). An English-dubbed version of ''Tonari no Shibafu'', ''The Grass Is Greener on the Other Side'', was shown on American cable during the early 1980s. ''

'', a serialised morning TV drama or

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, was the first asadora to be both produced and written by women in Japan. Hashida is known particularly for writing ''Oshin'', but she can be considered Japan's most successful TV drama script writer. ''Oshin'' was broadcast throughout Asia and became one of Japan's most famous television dramas. The series was developed from Hashida's original script.

Awards

Hashida received the Broadcasting Culture Award, the Golden Arrow and the Most Distinguished Individual Achievement Award in 1979. Four years later she received the Cultural Achievement Award in Broadcasting and the Kikuchi Kan Award. In 2020, she received the

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hashida, Sugako 1925 births 2021 deaths Japanese screenwriters Japanese women writers Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon People from Seoul Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class Persons of Cultural Merit Recipients of the Order of Culture