[KineJapan] Hashimoto Shinobu

[Gerow Aaron]

Hashimoto Shinobu, famed as the screenwriter for Kurosawa Akira's Rashomon and The Severn Samurai, died on the 19th at the age of 100. Hashimoto learned screenwriting under Itami Mansaku, and wrote the first draft of an adaptation of Akutagawa's In a Grove on his own while working as a salaryman. The screenplay, ending up in the hands of Kurosawa, was rewritten and made as Rashomon. Hashimoto became part of Kurosawa's screenwriting team and participated in writing such films as Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and Hidden Fortress. He wrote scripts for many other great directors, including Kobayashi Masaki (Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion), Okamoto Kihachi (Sword of Doom), Nomura Yoshitaro (Castle of Sand), Naruse Mikio, Gosha Hideo, Yamamoto Satsuo, etc. For TV, his Watashi wa kai ni naritai is one of the monumental TV dramas of Japanese TV history--a script he later adapted for film under his own direction.

https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL7L6T15L7LUCLV022.html


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