About Shishi Bunroku
Lived 1893 – 1969 (aged 76). Shishi Bunroku was a Japanese writer, novelist, playwright and theatre manager.
, real name , was a Japanese novelist, playwright and director of the Bungakuza theatre company.
Shishi was born in Yokohama. In 1922 he traveled to France to study modern French theater, and worked in the atelier of Jacques Copeau.
Selected books Ecchan, (Little Etsuko, 1936) Ten'ya Wan'ya (Chaos, 1949) Jiyū Gakkō, (1950) Published in English in 2006 as School of Freedom by Lynne E. Riggs. Yassa Mossa, (Helter-Skelter, 1952) Musume to Watashi, (My Daughter And I, 1956, was made into both a TV-series and a movie) Hakoneyama, (Mount Hakone, 1962)
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Who was Shishi Bunroku?
Japanese writer (1893–1969)
When was Shishi Bunroku born?
Shishi Bunroku was born on 1 July 1893 in Yokohama.
When did Shishi Bunroku die?
Shishi Bunroku died on 13 December 1969 in Tokyo.
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Shishi Bunroku was a writer, novelist, playwright and theatre manager.
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Shishi Bunroku was Japanese.
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