Hiroshi Takeyama ( was a Japanese screenwriter. Besides his work for television, he is best known for his screenplays for ''Hotaru'' (2001) and '' Shijushichinin no shikaku'',

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's 1994 version of the

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story. Both of these were nominated but did not win the

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for "Best Screenplay".

Background

Takeyama was born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan on July 28, 1946. He graduated from the Literature program at

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. He then became a

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working in television production, and credited with screenplays beginning in 1979. In the early 1980s, Takeyama worked in

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's softcore Roman Porno films, writing three scripts for Shōgorō Nishimura, director of '' Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon'' (1971), the first entry in this long-running series. For Nishimura, Takeyama penned ''Nurses' Journal: Nasty File'' (1980), ''Kōichirō Uno's Girl Dormitory'' (1980), and ''"My Girlfriend Wears a Uniform"'' (1981).

Film

Takeyama co-wrote director

's 1994 film ''47 Ronin'', working on the screenplay with the director. ''

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'' writes of the film's storyline that it, "reportedly sticks closer to the historical events than other versions have," and that it is, "clean and uninflected, with the action zipping back and forth between a series of indoor locations (denoted by captions)." The review points out that the amount of historical detail given in the film is likely to alienate audiences who are not familiar with the story of the

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. With Ichikawa's wife, Natto Wada, Takeyama wrote the comedy-drama ''Kah-chan'' (2001). As Ichikawa's 75th film, ''Variety'' writes that the film is a "career milestone of nonetheless minor artistic significance". Reviewed under the English title ''Big Mama'' ''Variety'' judged, " ough smoothly done, 'Big Mama' never provides any compelling reason why its formula serio-comedy occupies the big-screen rather than the small -- or better yet, a legit stage matinee." Takeyama wrote the script for controversial director

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's '' Sabu'' (2002), based on the novel of the same title by

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, the author upon whose work Kurosawa based his ''

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'' (1962) and ''

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'' (1965). Originally a 90-minute TV film made to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the

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, the film was given a 121-minute theatrical release. In many ways atypical of director Miike's work, ''Sabu'' is a coming-of-age period drama set in the

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involving a friendship between two boys.

Television

Takeyama was in charge of the writing of the yearly

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Taiga dramas ''Hideyoshi'' (1996) and '' Toshiie to Matsu'' (2002). Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs gave Takeyama an award for his script for ''Sabu'', and the Grand Prize for his work on ''Ten to sen'' (2008). His work for television is regularly included in the Writers Guild of Japan's annual anthology of the best writing for the medium. His teleplays were printed in the Guild's anthologies for 1983 (''Shōnen H''), 1987 (恋人たちのいた場所), 1994 (清左衛門残日録第十回－夢), 2000 (''Shōnen H''), 2003 (''Sabu''), and 2008 (''Ten to Sen'').

Death

Takeyama died from septic shock on April 12, 2023, at the age of 76.脚本家の竹山洋さん死去 76歳数多くのドラマや映画を手がける

Filmography as writer

* 1980-06-21 ikkatsudir:

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* 1980-08-02 ikkatsudir: Shōgorō Nishimura * 1981-01-09 ikkatsudir: Shōgorō Nishimura * 1981-08-27 ikkatsudir: Jun'ichi Suzuki * 1981-11-13 ikkatsudir: Shōgorō Nishimura * 1984-03-02 ikkatsudir: Hidehiro Itō * 1988-03-19 ikkatsudir: Yōichi Higashi * 1994-10-22 ohodir:

* 1997-02-15 oeidir: Haruo Ichikura * 2001-05-27 oeidir: Yasuo Furuhata * 2001 ''Koike Mariko no 'Kagi rôjin'' (TV) * 2001-11-10 ikkatsudir: Kon Ichikawa * 2002-10-05 (TV) dir:

* 2007 (TV mini-series) * 2007 ''Ri Kôran'' (2 episodes, TV)

Awards and nominations

* 2002, nomination for 'Best Screenplay' for ''Hotaru'', a.k.a. ''The Firefly'', by Japan Academy Awards * 2003, Agency for Cultural Affairs award for ''Sabu'' * 2008, Agency for Cultural Affairs Grand Prize for ''Ten to Sen''

References

Sources

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External links

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