Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

b. 1899 — d. 1972 (aged 73) Osaka, Japan.
Actor Writer

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.

Known For

A Page of Madness
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★ 7.3
A Page of Madness
1926
The Dancing Girl of Izu
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★ 6.8
The Dancing Girl of Izu
1933
Izu no odoriko
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★ 7.2
Izu no odoriko
1974
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Izu Dancer
1960

Filmography

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Umbrella
2024 Writer
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★ 7.0
Yukiguni. Snow Country
2022 Writer
The Master of Funerals
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★ 5.9
The Master of Funerals
2019 Writer
One Arm
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One Arm
2019 Writer
The Old Capital
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★ 6.7
The Old Capital
2016 Writer
Kaidan Horror Classics
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★ 5.8
Kaidan Horror Classics
2010 Writer
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Red Dance
2010 Writer
Kingyo
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★ 6.4
Kingyo
2009 Writer
Love Suicides
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★ 5.8
Love Suicides
2009 Writer
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★ 4.9
Tenohira no shôsetsu
2009 Writer
Yûbae Shôjo
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★ 1.7
Yûbae Shôjo
2008 Writer
Kataude
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★ 6.7
Kataude
2008 Writer
Nemureru bijo
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Nemureru bijo
2007 Writer
House of the Sleeping Beauties
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★ 5.3
House of the Sleeping Beauties
2006 Writer
Koto
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★ 5.8
Koto
2005 Writer
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Morning Musume: Shinshun! Love Stories
2002 Writer
Sleeping Beauties
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★ 5.6
Sleeping Beauties
2001 Writer
House of Sleeping Beauties
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★ 5.8
House of Sleeping Beauties
1995 Writer
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
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★ 6.8
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
1986 Writer
Tristesse et beauté
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★ 5.7
Tristesse et beauté
1985 Writer
Koto: Ancient City
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★ 6.5
Koto: Ancient City
1980 Writer
Izu no odoriko
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★ 7.2
Izu no odoriko
1974 Writer
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Yukiguni
1970 Writer
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Ozu no mahôtsukai
1970 Writer
Thousand Cranes
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★ 7.0
Thousand Cranes
1969 Writer
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Hi mo tsuki mo
1969 Writer
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
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★ 7.4
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
1968 Writer
Izu no odoriko
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★ 8.1
Izu no odoriko
1967 Writer
Woman of the Lake
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★ 7.3
Woman of the Lake
1966 Writer
With Beauty and Sorrow
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★ 6.7
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965 Writer
Snow Country
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★ 6.8
Snow Country
1965 Writer
Tamayura
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Tamayura
1965 Actor Writer
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
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★ 7.1
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963 Writer
Izu no odoriko
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★ 6.8
Izu no odoriko
1963 Writer
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Izu Dancer
1960 Writer
Windy Street
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★ 6.2
Windy Street
1959 Writer
Snow Country
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★ 6.8
Snow Country
1957 Writer
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★ 5.6
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956 Writer
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Family of Sorrow
1956 Writer
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
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Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
1955 Writer
Sound of the Mountain
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★ 7.7
Sound of the Mountain
1954 Writer
Izu no odoriko
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★ 6.8
Izu no odoriko
1954 Writer
Senba zuru
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★ 6.8
Senba zuru
1953 Writer
Asakusa kurenaidan
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Asakusa kurenaidan
1952 Writer
Repast
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★ 7.6
Repast
1951 Writer
Dancing Girl
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★ 6.8
Dancing Girl
1951 Writer
Mr. Thank You
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★ 7.3
Mr. Thank You
1936 Writer
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
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★ 7.1
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
1935 Writer
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Maihime no koyomi
1935 Writer
The Dancing Girl of Izu
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★ 6.8
The Dancing Girl of Izu
1933 Writer
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Asakusa kurenaidan
1930 Writer
A Page of Madness
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★ 7.3
A Page of Madness
1926 Writer
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