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Yasutaro Yagi

Yasutaro Yagi

Born: 1903-02-03 • Gunma, Japan

Yasutarō Yagi (3 February 1903 – 8 September 1987) was a Japanese screenwriter, mostly famous for his adaptations of literary works for the director Tomu Uchida in the 1930s, such as Jinsei gekijō and Kagirinaki zenshin, and for his collaborations with leftist filmmakers such as Kaneto Shindo and Tadashi Imai in the postwar period. He served as president of the Japan Screenwriters Guild.

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Filmography
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King Kong Appears in Edo: The Episode of Gold
1938 • Inoue Ginbei
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The King Kong That Appeared in Edo
1938 • Inoue Ginbei