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Known ForWriting

GenderMale

Born / DiedJun 14, 1899 (Died at 73)

Zodiac Sign♊Gemini

Place of BirthOsaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Career Span1926 – 1972

Known Credits51 Titles

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WritingPopularity Score 0.9

Yasunari Kawabata

Total Works

47 movies • 2 shows

Avg Rating

6.7 / 10

across rated releases

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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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Yasunari Kawabata's career

7.3

A Page of Madness

1926•movie

Role: Original Story

7.4

Sound of the Mountain

1954•movie

Role: Novel

7.6

Repast

1951•movie

Role: Script Supervisor

7.1

Mr. Thank You

1936•movie

Role: Novel

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 51 titles featuring Yasunari Kawabata

7.3

A Page of Madness

1926•movie

Role: Original Story

7.4

Sound of the Mountain

1954•movie

Role: Novel

7.6

Repast

1951•movie

Role: Script Supervisor

7.1

Mr. Thank You

1936•movie

Role: Novel

7.1

Woman of the Lake

1966•movie

Role: Novel

5.3

House of the Sleeping Beauties

2006•movie

Role: Novel

5.7

With Beauty and Sorrow

1965•movie

Role: Novel

6.3

Kingyo

2009•movie

Role: Original Story

6.5

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1963•movie

Role: Novel

6.4

Dancing Girl

1951•movie

Role: Original Story

6.7

Snow Country

1957•movie

Role: Novel

8.1

The Izu Dancer

1974•movie

Role: Novel

6.6

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

1935•movie

Role: Original Story

4.1

Sadness and Beauty

1985•movie

Role: Novel

4.0

Bellas durmientes

2001•movie

Role: Novel

3.5

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

1985•movie

as Self

8.2

Thousand Cranes

1969•movie

Role: Novel

8.0

Love Comes with Youth

1963•movie

Role: Writer

6.7

The Dancing Girl of Izu

1933•movie

Role: Author

8.3

The Old Capital

2016•movie

Role: Novel

7.0

Snow Country

2022•movie

Role: Novel

7.0

Koto: The Ancient City

1980•movie

Role: Novel

6.7

Snow Country

1965•movie

Role: Novel

4.0

Koto

2005•movie

Role: Novel

7.0

Kaidan Horror Classics

2010•movie

Role: Original Story

8.0

Woman Unveiled

1958•movie

Role: Original Story

8.5

House of Sleeping Beauties

1995•movie

Role: Novel

8.0

The Master of Funerals

2019•movie

Role: Novel

7.5

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

1986•anime

Role: Original Story

9.0

Dancing Girls of Izu

1954•movie

Role: Original Story

8.0

The House of the Sleeping Virgins

1968•movie

Role: Novel

8.0

Mother's First Love

1954•movie

Role: Novel

7.0

Reminiscence

1953•movie

Role: Novel

6.0

Windy Street

1959•movie

Role: Novel

10.0

The Izu Dancer

1967•movie

Role: Original Story

8.0

The Land of Snow

1977•movie

Role: Novel

9.0

Tamayura

1965•series

Role: Original Story

6.0

Kaidan Horror Classics

2010•series

Role: Original Story

Around Mr. Yasunari Kawabata

1968•movie

Keiko and Yves Get Married

1957•movie

as himself

A Rainbow at Every Turn

1956•movie

Role: Novel

Love Suicides

2009•movie

Role: Original Story

A Girl in the Sunset

2008•movie

Role: Original Story

Shinshun! Love stories

2002•movie

Role: Original Story

Kataude

2008•movie

Role: Original Story

The Izu Dancer

1960•movie

Role: Original Story

Nemureru bijo

2007•movie

Role: Novel

The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

1952•movie

Role: Novel

One Arm

2019•anime

Role: Novel

Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi

1955•movie

Role: Novel

Asakusa monogatari

1953•movie

Role: Original Story