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Shūgorō Yamamoto

Shūgorō Yamamoto

Writing • 1903-06-22 • Otsuki, Yamanashi, Japan

Shūgorō Yamamoto (山本 周五郎 Yamamoto Shūgorō, June 22, 1903 – February 14, 1967) was the pen name of Satomu Shimizu (清水 三十六 Shimizu Satomu), a Japanese novelist and short-story writer active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was noted for his popular literature, and is known to have published works under at least fourteen different pen names.

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Sanjuro7.9

Sanjuro

1962

Red Beard8.2

Red Beard

1965

A Town Without Seasons8.0

A Town Without Seasons

2023

Dodes'ka-den7.1

Dodes'ka-den

1970

After the Rain7.4

After the Rain

2000

Kill!7.0

Kill!

1968

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