Shūgorō Yamamoto
An image from Kill!, one of the productions that also features Shūgorō Yamamoto.
Shūgorō Yamamoto

Shūgorō Yamamoto

June 22, 1903 — Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, 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.

Sanjuro

Sanjuro

1962

Red Beard

Red Beard

1965

Dodes'ka-den

Dodes'ka-den

1970

After the Rain

After the Rain

2000

Kill!

Kill!

1968

The Sea Is Watching

The Sea Is Watching

2002

Inn of Evil

Inn of Evil

1971

Sabu

Sabu

2002