Shūgorō Yamamoto
Writing

Shūgorō Yamamoto

Born 22 June 1903 · Otsuki, Yamanashi, Japan · Died 14 February 1967

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.

Known for

Sanjuro
Red Beard
Dodes'ka-den
Kill!
The Sea Is Watching
Inn of Evil
Sabu
A Town Without Seasons
Samurai from Nowhere
Dora-heita
Fusa
The Scarlet Camellia
The Sea Is Watching
Sabu
Kah-chan
Dora-heita
Red Beard
Fusa
The Fir Tree Remains
The Retired Samurai
The Thief and the Expelled Master
The Fir Trees Remain
Dojo Breaker
The Law of Hell
Magistrate of the Floating World
Murderer!
The Witty Samurai
Inn of Evil
Dodes'ka-den
Kill!
The Homely Sister
Red Beard
Samurai from Nowhere
The Scarlet Camellia
Sanjuro
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
A Carpenter and Children
This Madding Crowd
The Lord Pretends
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