Fuji Yahiro
Writing · Writer · Screenplay · Adaptation
Born Jul 18, 1904 · Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Active 1937–1986 · Awards: Medal with Purple Ribbon
Fuji Yahiro was a Japanese screenwriter, mostly of chanbara films. His real name was Minoru Yahiro. Leaving Meiji University before graduating, he began writing screenplays at Shōzō Makino's Makino Film Productions in 1927.
Filmography
Sansho the Bailiff (1954) — ScreenplayBloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955) — WriterThe Snow Woman (1968) — ScreenplayThe Gay Masquerade (1958) — Writer元祿美少年記 (1955) — ScreenplayKojiki Taishô (1952) — ScreenplayThe Day Before (1939) — WriterTanuki Battle of Awaodori Festival (1954) — ScreenplayFloating Vessel (1957) — ScreenplayThe Lord and the Gambler (1959) — WriterBuddha (1961) — ScreenplayA Samurai Never Tells a Lie (1963) — ScreenplayLord Tadanao (1960) — WriterSignal Fires of Shanghai (1944) — ScreenplayThe Woman and the Pirate (1959) — AdaptationThe Confusing Journey of Jirocho (1963) — ScreenplayPrincess Sen in Edo (1960) — ScreenplayYataro’s Travel Hat (1957) — WriterAvenging Father (1956) — ScreenplayVagabonds from Badgerville (1961) — WriterThe Demon of Mount Oe (1960) — ScreenplayJirocho Fuji (1959) — ScreenplayThe Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations (1956) — WriterA Warrior's Flute (1955) — Screenplay