About Kazumi Yumoto
Born 1959. Kazumi Yumoto is a Japanese novelist, screenwriter, children's writer and writer.
is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist.
Biography Yumoto was born in Tokyo and graduated from Tokyo College of Music. She began writing scripts for opera and became a writer for television and radio. Her debut children's novel The Friends (1992) received the Newcomer Award from the Japan Children's Literature Association and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards in 1999. It was adapted to a movie in 1994, directed by Shinji Sōmai. Kishibe no Tabi (Journey to the Shore), another of her books, was adapted to a film; directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, it won the Un Certain Regard award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected works 1992- The Friends 1995- The Spring Tone ( 1997- The Letters 2008- 2010-
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Who is Kazumi Yumoto?
Japanese novelist and screenwriter
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Kazumi Yumoto was born on 11 November 1959 in Tokyo.
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Kazumi Yumoto is a novelist, screenwriter, children's writer and writer.
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Kazumi Yumoto is Japanese.
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