Masashige Narusawa

Masashige Narusawa (Japanese: 成沢昌茂, Narusawa Masashige; 29 January 1925 – 13 February 2021) was a Japanese screenwriter and director.

Biography

Narusawa was best known for writing screenplays for the last films of director Kenji Mizoguchi, including The Woman in the Rumor, Princess Yang Kwei Fei, Shin Heike Monogatari, and Street of Shame. He directed six films and wrote over 80 screenplays between 1949 and 1975.

Masashige Narusawa died in Tokyo on 13 February 2021 at the age of 96.

Filmography

Screenwriter

• The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (1952)
• Tange Sazen (1952)
• The Wild Geese (1953)
• The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
• Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)
• Shin Heike Monogatari (1955)
• Street of Shame (1956)
• Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
• Zen and Sword (1961)
• Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
• Black Lizard (1968)
• Curse of the Blood (1968)

Director

• Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino (1966)
• Portrait of Madame Yuki (1975)

Television

• The Scent of Incense (1965)
• Playgirl (1970)

References

1. Curse of the Blood
2. Yojōhan monogatari: Shōfu shino
3. Street of Shame
4. Princess Yang Kwei Fei
5. Black Lizard (film)
6. Love Under the Crucifix
7. Deaths in February 2021
8. The Woman in the Rumor
9. The Wild Geese (1953 film)
10. Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
11. List of Japanese films of 1969
12. Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
13. List of Japanese films of 1962
14. List of Japanese films of 1967
15. List of Japanese films of 1966
16. Military history of Japan