Shuhei Fujisawa

Shūhei Fujisawa (藤 沢 周 平jap, Fujisawa Shūhei; * November 26, 1927 in Yamagata Prefecture, † 26 January 1997) was a Japanese writer. His real name is Tomeji Kosuge (小 菅 留 治, Kosuge Tomeji ).

Life

After working as a teacher, he moved to Tokyo and became a newspaper editor. In 1971 he won with his short story Kurai Umi (溟い海) All the Yomiuri Shinjin - shō, an award for literary talent. His work as an editor he was, however, on only when he won the prestigious Naoki Prize for the samurai short story Ansatsu no Nenrin (暗殺 の 年輪). In the following period, in which he was mainly working as a writer for the first time, he concentrated his literary work continues to historical stories and novels by samurai. He has published 50 books, many of them bestsellers that in Japan sold more than 23 million times. Fujisawa has been honored with several other awards, such as 1994 with the Asahi Prize.

It resulted in several film adaptations of his works for television and cinema, best known of which is the Twilight Samurai ( 2002). This is based on three short stories Fujisawa film, which was implemented under the direction of Yoji Yamada, won thirteen Japanese Academy Awards and was nominated for an Oscar. Yamada made ​​two more films after Fujisawa: The Hidden Blade ( 2004) and Love and Honor - Bushi no ichibun (2006).