was a Japanese author and Sinologist.
He graduated from Keio University and won the Naoki Prize in 1951 for Iesu no Ei (lit. Descendant of Jesus).
He is famous for Nemuri Kyōshirō, a series of jidaigeki novels. He also published a new Japanese translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin.
Novels Nemuri Kyōshirō (1956) Gokenin Zankurō (1976) Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1959) Water Margin Unmeitōge Iesu no Ei (lit. Descendant of Jesus)
Adaptations
Film Destiny's Son (1962) Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman (1963) Curse of the Blood (1968) Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri (1969)
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