Kuniko Mukōda (向田 邦子, Mukōda Kuniko, November 28, 1929 – August 22, 1981) was a Japanese TV screenwriter. Most of her scripts focus on day-to-day family life and relationships. She won the 83rd Naoki Prize (1980上) for her short stories "Hanano Namae", "Kawauso" and "Inugoya."[1]
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| Born | Kuniko Mukōda November 28, 1929 Wakabayashi, Setagaya, Ebara-gun, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | August 22, 1981 (aged 51) Sanyi, Miaoli, Taiwan |
| Occupation(s) | screenwriter, Novelist, Essayist |
| Years active | 1952–1981 |
Life
editMukōda was born in Tokyo, and moved around Japan in her early life due to her father's job. After she graduated from Jissen Women's College (Jissen Women's University), she got a job at Ondori Company, a film publicity company, in 1952. In 1960, she left the company and became a screenwriter and radiowriter. On August 22, 1981, she died on Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 when it crashed in Taiwan.
Works
editMukōda is the author of the novel A, Un which she adapted from her screenplay of the same name.[2] The trio of stories for which she was awarded the Naoki prize were later published in the collection Omoide toranpu. Other short stories by Mukōda include:
- Small Change
- I Doubt It
- Manhattan
- Beef Shoulder
- The Fake Egg
- Triangular Chop
- Mr. Carp
- Ears
- Half-Moon
- The Window
- Meeting Again
- Ashura no Gotoku
References
edit- ^ "直木賞受賞者一覧" [Naoki Prize Winners List] (in Japanese). 日本文学振興会. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ Kosaka, Kris (20 December 2023). "A wish list of hidden gems for Japanese literature lovers". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
Mukoda first wrote this story about a Showa Era (1926-89) love triangle as a TV drama (it was aired by Japanese public broadcaster NHK in 1980) and then rewrote it as a novel shortly thereafter. This is the only full-length novel that Mukoda completed before her untimely death in 1981.
Further reading
edit- "Meeting Again" 再会 (Saikai) in Tokyo stories: a literary stroll, Lawrence Rogers (ed.), University of California Press, 2002
External links
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