Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

Born: June 14, 1899
Died: April 16, 1972
in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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.

Movies for Yasunari Kawabata...

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Title: The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Character: Self
Released: December 3, 1985
Type: Movie
A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.
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Around Mr. Yasunari Kawabata
Title: Around Mr. Yasunari Kawabata
Released: December 11, 1968
Type: Movie
The day after Yasunari Kawabata won the Nobel Prize in Literature, a talk was held at Kawabata's residence in Kamakura. Yukio Mishima, who admires Kawabata, and Sei Ito, a literary critic, celebrate the first honor of the Japanese people, and this is a valuable opportunity for the three to meet and talk.