Screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto, who wrote for some of the most iconic films in Japanese history, including The Seven Samurai and Rashomon from director Akira Kurosawa, has died. He was 100.
Hashimoto died Thursday at his home in Tokyo from pneumonia, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.
Hashimoto wrote or co-wrote more than 70 screenplays, including many of Kurosawa's classics, also including The Hidden Fortress (1958). He directed three films as well, including I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959), and carried on as a screenwriter until suffering a stroke in his 90s.
Born in Hyogo Prefecture in April 1918, Hashimoto came up ...
Hashimoto died Thursday at his home in Tokyo from pneumonia, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.
Hashimoto wrote or co-wrote more than 70 screenplays, including many of Kurosawa's classics, also including The Hidden Fortress (1958). He directed three films as well, including I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959), and carried on as a screenwriter until suffering a stroke in his 90s.
Born in Hyogo Prefecture in April 1918, Hashimoto came up ...
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