Minoru Betsuyaku was born on June 4, 1937 in Manchuria, China. He was a writer, known for
Coup d'Etat (1973),
Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985) and
Kaze no Matasaburô (1976). He was married to
Yûko Kusunoki. He died on March 3, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.