About Masashige Narusawa
Lived 1925 – 2021 (aged 96). Masashige Narusawa was a Japanese screenwriter and film director.
Masashige Narusawa (, Narusawa Masashige; 29 January 1925 – 13 February 2021) was a Japanese screenwriter and director.
Biography Narusawa was best known for writing screenplays for the last films of director Kenji Mizoguchi, including The Woman in the Rumor, Princess Yang Kwei Fei, Shin Heike Monogatari, and Street of Shame. He directed six films and wrote over 80 screenplays between 1949 and 1975.
Masashige Narusawa died in Tokyo on 13 February 2021 at the age of 96.
Filmography Screenwriter The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (1952) Tange Sazen (1952) The Wild Geese (1953) The Woman in the Rumor (1954) Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955) Shin Heike Monogatari (1955) Street of Shame (1956) (1959) (1961) Love Under the Crucifix (1962) Black Lizard (1968) Curse of the Blood (1968)
Director Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino (1966) Portrait of Madame Yuki (1975)
Television The Scent of Incense (1965) Playgirl (1970)
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Japanese screenwriter and director
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Masashige Narusawa was born on 29 January 1925 in Ueda.
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Masashige Narusawa died on 13 February 2021 in Tokyo.
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Masashige Narusawa was a screenwriter and film director.
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