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Futaro Yamada

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 29

TMDB ID: 63691

IMDb ID: nm0945212

Known for: Writing

Born: January 14, 1922

Died: July 28, 2001

Age: 79

Place of birth: Hyogo, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1956 - 2024

Years active: 69

Average TMDB rating: 6.23

Wikidata: Q654954

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Biography

Futaro Yamada (January 4, 1922 - July 28, 2001) was the pen name of Seiya Yamada (Yamada Seiya), a Japanese author. He was born in Yabu, Hyogo. In 1947, he wrote a mystery novel Daruma-tōge no Jiken (, lit. "The Incident on Dharma Pass") and was awarded a prize by the novel magazine Houseki. He was discovered by Edogawa Rampo and became a novelist. He wrote many ninja ( Ninpōchō series) and mystery stories. Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime. Description above from the Wikipedia article Futaro Yamada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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