Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

WriterActorDirecting Jun 14 (died age 72) Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan 1926–2022 (96 year career)
6.4 avg rating

Biography

Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award.

Known For

Filmography

Crew (50)

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Movies (47)

Snow Country

Snow Country

2022

Novel

6.5
One Arm

One Arm

2019

Novel

The Master of Funerals

The Master of Funerals

2019

Novel

8.0
The Old Capital

The Old Capital

2016

Novel

8.3
The Old Capital

The Old Capital

2016

Original Story

8.3
Kaidan Horror Classics

Kaidan Horror Classics

2010

Original Story

7.0
Love Suicides

Love Suicides

2009

Original Story

Kingyo

Kingyo

2009

Original Story

6.3
Kataude

Kataude

2008

Original Story

A Girl in the Sunset

A Girl in the Sunset

2008

Original Story

Nemureru bijo

Nemureru bijo

2007

Novel

House of the Sleeping Beauties

House of the Sleeping Beauties

2006

Novel

5.4
Koto

Koto

2005

Novel

4.0
Shinshun! Love stories

Shinshun! Love stories

2002

Original Story

Bellas durmientes

Bellas durmientes

2001

Novel

2.8
House of Sleeping Beauties

House of Sleeping Beauties

1995

Novel

Sadness and Beauty

Sadness and Beauty

1985

Novel

2.4
Koto: The Ancient City

Koto: The Ancient City

1980

Novel

6.0
The Land of Snow

The Land of Snow

1977

Novel

The Izu Dancer

The Izu Dancer

1974

Novel

8.0
Thousand Cranes

Thousand Cranes

1969

Novel

8.3
The House of the Sleeping Virgins

The House of the Sleeping Virgins

1968

Novel

The Izu Dancer

The Izu Dancer

1967

Original Story

Woman of the Lake

Woman of the Lake

1966

Novel

6.9
With Beauty and Sorrow

With Beauty and Sorrow

1965

Novel

5.4
Snow Country

Snow Country

1965

Novel

6.0
Love Comes with Youth

Love Comes with Youth

1963

Writer

8.0
Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1963

Novel

6.5
The Izu Dancer

The Izu Dancer

1960

Original Story

Windy Street

Windy Street

1959

Novel

6.0
Woman Unveiled

Woman Unveiled

1958

Original Story

6.0
Snow Country

Snow Country

1957

Novel

6.7
A Rainbow at Every Turn

A Rainbow at Every Turn

1956

Novel

Family of Sorrow

Family of Sorrow

1956

Original Story

Dancing Girls of Izu

Dancing Girls of Izu

1954

Original Story

Sound of the Mountain

Sound of the Mountain

1954

Novel

7.3
Mother's First Love

Mother's First Love

1954

Novel

Reminiscence

Reminiscence

1953

Novel

The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

1952

Novel

Dancing Girl

Dancing Girl

1951

Original Story

6.3
Repast

Repast

1951

Script Supervisor

7.6
Mr. Thank You

Mr. Thank You

1936

Novel

7.0
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

1935

Original Story

6.4
The Dancing Girl of Izu

The Dancing Girl of Izu

1933

Author

6.5
Asakusa kurenaidan

Asakusa kurenaidan

1930

Original Story

A Page of Madness

A Page of Madness

1926

Original Story

7.3
A Page of Madness

A Page of Madness

1926

Writer

7.3