About Mitsuru Yoshida
Lived 1923 – 1979 (aged 56). Mitsuru Yoshida was a Japanese writer and banker.
Mitsuru Yoshida (吉田 満 Yoshida Mitsuru; January 6, 1923 – September 17, 1979) was a Japanese author and naval officer. He was born in Tokyo. He was a survivor of the battleship Yamato when it was sunk on 7 April 1945 during Operation Ten-Go, an attempt to support the defenders of Okinawa.
His best-known work is Senkan Yamato-no Saigo (Requiem for Battleship Yamato), based on his personal experiences as a junior officer on Yamato'''s final voyage. It was made into a movie Senkan Yamato ("Battleship Yamato" Shin-Toho. Dir.: Yutaka Abe) in 1953. Another movie, Yamato, was released in 2005.
Selected bibliographyRequiem for Battleship Yamato (Senkan Yamato-no Saigo'' translated by Richard H. Minear)
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Japanese writer
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Mitsuru Yoshida was born on 6 January 1923 in Tokyo Prefecture.
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Mitsuru Yoshida died on 17 September 1979 in Tokyo.
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Mitsuru Yoshida was a writer and banker.
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