Yasunari Kawabata

Biography

Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award.

Most Famous Work

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Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

(1986) Original Story

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A Page of Madness

(1926) Writer

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Sound of the Mountain

(1954) Novel

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House of the Sleeping Beauties

(2006) Novel

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Mr. Thank You

(1936) Novel

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Repast

(1951) Script Supervisor

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Tamayura

(1965) Original Story

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The Old Capital

(2016) Novel

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1985	Self	The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima 1985-12-03 Movie
1968	N/A	Around Mr. Yasunari Kawabata 1968-12-11 Movie
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Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2022	Novel	Snow Country 2022-03-28 Movie
2019	Novel	The Master of Funerals 2019-09-20 Movie
	Novel	One Arm 2019-06-11 Movie
2016	Novel	The Old Capital 2016-12-03 Movie
2010	Original Story	Kaidan Horror Classics 2010-08-23 Movie
2009	Story	Kingyo 2009-12-03 Movie
	Story	Love Suicides 2009-01-12 Movie
2008	Writer	Kataude 2008-06-01 Movie
	Story	A Girl in the Sunset 2008-01-26 Movie
2007	Novel	Nemureru bijo 2007-03-15 Movie
2006	Novel	House of the Sleeping Beauties 2006-11-02 Movie
2005	Novel	Koto 2005-02-05 Movie
2002	Writer	Shinshun! Love stories 2002-03-13 Movie
2001	Novel	Bellas durmientes 2001-11-09 Movie
1995	Novel	House of Sleeping Beauties 1995-10-14 Movie
1986	Original Story	Animated Classics of Japanese Literature 1986-04-25 TV Show
1985	Novel	Sadness and Beauty 1985-08-28 Movie
1980	Novel	Koto: The Ancient City 1980-12-20 Movie
1974	Writer	The Izu Dancer 1974-12-28 Movie
1969	Novel	Thousand Cranes 1969-04-19 Movie
1968	Novel	The House of the Sleeping Virgins 1968-01-31 Movie
1966	Novel	Woman of the Lake 1966-08-27 Movie
1965	Original Story	Snow Country 1965-04-10 Movie
	Original Story	Tamayura 1965-04-05 TV Show
	Novel	With Beauty and Sorrow 1965-02-28 Movie
1963	Novel	Twin Sisters of Kyoto 1963-01-13 Movie
1960	Original Story	The Izu Dancer 1960-05-13 Movie
1959	Novel	Windy Street 1959-09-13 Movie
1958	Original Story	Woman Unveiled 1958-01-15 Movie
	Screenplay	Woman Unveiled 1958-01-15 Movie
1957	Original Story	Snow Country 1957-04-30 Movie
1956	Original Story	Family of Sorrow 1956-04-04 Movie
	Novel	A Rainbow at Every Turn 1956-02-19 Movie
1954	Story	Dancing Girls of Izu 1954-03-31 Movie
	Novel	Sound of the Mountain 1954-01-15 Movie
1953	Novel	Reminiscence 1953-01-15 Movie
1952	Novel	The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa 1952-01-03 Movie
1951	Original Story	Dancing Girl 1951-08-17 Movie
1936	Novel	Mr. Thank You 1936-02-27 Movie
1935	Story	Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts 1935-03-01 Movie
1933	Author	The Dancing Girl of Izu 1933-02-01 Movie
1930	Writer	Asakusa kurenaidan 1930-09-05 Movie
1926	Writer	A Page of Madness 1926-09-24 Movie
	Original Story	A Page of Madness 1926-09-24 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1951	Script Supervisor	Repast 1951-11-23 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv