Sō Kuramoto
Kaoru Yamatani, better known by his pen name Sō Kuramoto, is a Japanese playwright and screenwriter.
Kaoru Yamatani, better known by his pen name Sō Kuramoto, is a Japanese playwright and screenwriter.
Katsu Kaishū deals with end of the Edo period. Based on Kan Shimozawa's novels "Katsu Kaishū "
Release Date1974-01-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count52
A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.
Release Date2014-07-13
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count10
Vote Count2
The lead, Dr. Sadami Shiratori worked in the operating room at a famous Tokyo hospital was around death on a daily basis. His own father, Teizo Shiratori is also a doctor, called Grandfather as he raised the estranged children of his wayward son, he practiced medicine in a small town on Hokkaido, Japan’s most northern island. His practice was limited only to terminal patients…in their own homes. He cared for them and helped both them and their families prepare for the ‘final journey’.
Release Date2008-10-09
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count11
The series tells about the life of construction foreman Eiji and his sister. Both have a love interest: she has a boyfriend, and he has a young girl. The sister is thinking about marriage, and the brother has too strict principles to recklessly rush into the abyss of passion.
Release Date1977-10-07
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count13
Irie is ordered to investigate George Hakushu, a key person in the missile defense program. The mysterious man's identity may be Kitayama, his former senior who committed suicide after being captured as an industrial spy...
Release Date2005-09-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Set in the majestic Canadian wilderness, the drama depicts the adolescence and love of three young men who were on a high school baseball team together.
Release Date1986-04-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count13
Set in an old prestigious ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant) in a small town in the center of Tokyo, a young itamae (cook for Japanese dishes) struggles his life, love and work while the long-lasted ryotei and the beloved old town face the change to survive the time. This heartwarming drama shows the intimate relationship of the community that has been lost nowadays, asks what the most important things in your life is, and tells how difficult it is to make a decision. The story is told in the form of a letter from him to his unknown father with lots of humor and love.
Release Date2007-01-11
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count11
Vote Count3
Screenwriter Tsutomu Futani (Hiroshi Tachi) is having trouble writing what he really wants to write for the TV drama he is currently writing and is behind schedule. While being rushed by producer Okaishi (Jinpachi Nezu), he is unluckily trapped in a toilet and is rescued by Aomori Police Detective Mizusawa (B-Saku Sato). Mizusawa says that he is investigating a fake person who is travelling around fraudulently in the name of Nitani. The impostor Nitani (Kiichi Nakai) was travelling at the time and met a prostitute 'Omocha' (Hiromi Nagasaku), who aspired to become a screenwriter, and decided to take Omocha on as an apprentice and travel together. Then one day, Nitani sends Nitani a manuscript written by Omocha... This comedy, written by Satoshi Kuramoto out of love for TV dramas, won the 37th Galaxy Award for Encouragement. There is a theory that the late writer Tsutomu Futani's model is the famous Koki Mitani, but is this true...?
Release Date1999-11-11
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.
Release Date1978-11-23
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count7
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters to Youko, disguising as an uncle in Brazil. 15 years later, Kanno is released. He is determined to live legitimately, however the Yakuza has not forgotten his wicked deed!
Release Date1978-06-17
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count4
Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he can close an important deal. Nakahira presents a shrewdly observed portrait of a modern, sexually assertive woman—an unsettling character for a changing but still patriarchal society.
Release Date1964-03-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
Set at the end of the Edo period, the series depicts Kumo's family with his wife, Kame, their 11-year-old son, Shinnosuke. Kumo is always ignoring work and playing and he is also notorious for womanising.
Release Date1978-04-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count20
Vote Count2
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Release Date1981-11-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count12
Team DANKAI are a group of drivers set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousands of miles and multiple continents. Prior to the event, team leader Mizuki (Nenji Kobayashi) is ordered by their sponsor to add popular celebrity Ryuichi Yoshii (Goro Ohashi) to the roster for publicity. This exacerbates DANKAI's resentments and baggage. Needing a steady hand to mediate dispute and navigate their support vehicle, Mizuki recruits legendary, retired mechanic and driver Eiji Honma (Ken Takakura) to the team. Honma soon discovers his ex-wife Kei (Ayumi Ishida) is also participating in the rally, alongside her current husband, the bullfighter Antonio Vázquez (Tomas Arana). He is also accompanied by Yuko Takei (Junko Sakurada), a singer who followed Yoshii from Japan.
Release Date1988-05-18
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He has his son and daughter in tow and works hard for them. The folk in the area try to help. A couple of years pass and the older son moves back to Tokyo, attends school and works part-time. The daughter commutes to the city to attend school. She wants to become a nurse. To become a registered nurse she needs to study a further three years. This takes money.
Release Date1992-05-22
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count1
Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings. However, Yuko, having returned home, has just become engaged to a local young man, and the sudden appearance of Eikichi makes others worry that their good relationship will be spoiled. An epic about pure love, which tells the story of a man who leaves his beloved woman, praying for her happiness. Adapted from the novel "Kiri no Naka no Shojo" Yojiro Ishizaka.
Release Date1967-01-03
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
The day before his exhibition, world-renowned painter Tamura discovers that his own work contains a forgery. Meanwhile, the body of a woman with countless ukiyo-e tattoos is discovered at the sea. From the two incidents, the name of Ryuji emerges.
Release Date2024-11-22
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of five Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in hopes of continuing the bloodline. Princess Sen and the five female ninja escape from Osaka castle by blending in with the handmaidens. Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu who was supposed to rule all under the heavens was informed of this secret. So Ieyasu orders five samurai of the Iga Ninja clan (brought by Hattori Hanzo) to stop the Toyotomi bloodline by killing the Kunoichi ninja. An attack of ninja magic arts unfolds in a battle of the sexes.
Release Date1964-10-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count8
A young samurai defends townsfolk from evil forces.
Release Date1966-03-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Release Date1987-03-27
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count1
Release Date1995-06-09
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1
A daughter from an island in the Seto Inland Sea takes a job as a nanny in Tokyo. She thrills the hearts of fishmongers and milkmen.
Release Date1969-05-13
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Namida ni naritai" by Teruhiko Saigo.
Release Date1966-05-18
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
The Spiders, a Japanese pop group, in their first starring role, walk from Yokohama to Tokyo, to prove their love for a girl who told them "the person who can overcome any obstacle will be my lover"! Neither traffic, buildings, nor the police can stop them, in this madcap rock musical adventure!
Release Date1967-08-26
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Gangsters smuggle diamonds through customs by embedding them in The Spiders' tambourine, then go on a cross-country chase of the rock-and-roll band in order to get them back. Another gang is searching for something The Spiders have, too, and now the two gangs are willing to kill to get it, with the boys caught in the middle!
Release Date1968-01-03
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.
Release Date1983-11-15
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
A Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its customs and traditions. One of the customs is the wearing of an old school cap by a senior. It is a symbol of courage and bravery and is handed down to a new senior each year.
Release Date1963-12-15
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Kaori is a new director at a TV station and is assigned to work on her first documentary project, “Kimi ga Seishun no Toki” (When You Were Young), a documentary on modern youth and the Harajuku tribe. However, she gets too involved and ends up hurting her documentary subjects.
Release Date1967-06-03
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Set in the town of Furano in Hokkaido, Kita no Kuni Kara centers around the story of the Kuroita family. Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their parents' divorce. Jun, and his sister Hotaru, grow and mature in the harsh climates of Hokkaido, and learn the ways of life through their interaction with the folk of Furano.
Release Date1984-09-27
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count2
An American-Japanese girl travels to Japan to find her mother.
Release Date1966-07-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
A college student comes to a wealthy family as a tutor for their son, an elementary school student, he cheerfully encourages his student, captivates him with the spirit of sports and falls in love with the daughter of the owner of the house. A masterpiece of youth drama starring the eternal idol Kazuo Funaki.
Release Date1969-01-11
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Release Date1989-03-31
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count2
A Nikkatsu sun tribe / youth film set in a small seaside town.
Release Date1966-05-11
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treasure of the Toyotomi family, discovered in connection with the plot to overthrow the shogunate.
Release Date1964-12-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
A movie-loving nanny lives and works in the home of a university professor and eventually becomes the family's support system, leading a bright and joyful life.
Release Date1966-12-04
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Nikkatsu youth masterpiece, which celebrates the love and friendship of young people who have blossomed in a beautiful northern spring with a lot of young dreams. Based on the novel "Memory of Snow" written by Takeo Tomishima.
Release Date1965-03-20
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
"She's out there somewhere, well and alive." Eiji (Teruhiko Saigo) and his sister hadn't seen their mother in almost 20 years. The war had separated them. When Eiji learns that his sister is engaged, he is determined to reunite with his mother and relay the wonderful news. With a pocket full of hopes and just one clue that may lead him to his mother, Eiji sets off for Taiwan.
Release Date1966-08-27
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Ayumi Ishida won the Blue Ribbon for the Best Actress.
Release Date1986-10-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Release Date2002-09-06
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1