Mizuki Yoko

[Aaron Gerow]

While swamped with work over here, I forgot to mention to the list that 
the great screenwriter Mizuki Yoko died on the 8th at the age of 92. 
After studying screenwriting in a group led by Kikuchi Kan, she began 
writing radio dramas during the war and moved to film after the conflict 
ended, first working under the scenarist Yasumi Toshio. Her first 
screenplay was filmed in 1949 and after that, she penned many of the 
great films of Naruse Mikio (Ukigumo, Yama no oto) and Imai Tadashi (Mata 
au hi made, Kiku to Isamu, Himeyuri no to). She also wrote for television 
and won many awards during her distinguished career. Several book 
collections of her screenplays have appeared.

Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
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