Fuji Yahiro

Career Overview

Fuji Yahiro has 122 screen credits in a career dating back to 1937. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Saiyuki with 3 titles. Signature works include Sansho the Bailiff, The Radiant Prince, The Gay Masquerade. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

122

Birth Date

1904-07-18 00:00:00

Birth Place

Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Known For

• 

  Sansho the Bailiff
• 

  The Radiant Prince
• 

  The Gay Masquerade
• 

  Furisode kyōjo
• 

  Hibotan tōzoku
• 

  Senryō hada

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• Saiyuki (3 titles)
• Bored Hatamoto Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Shinobu Araki (4 collaborations)
• Ryōsuke Kagawa (2 collaborations)
• Kimiko Tachibana (2 collaborations)
• Saburo Date (2 collaborations)
• Sumao Ishihara (2 collaborations)
• Ichirō Amano (2 collaborations)
• Yukio Horikita (2 collaborations)
• Sōji Shibata (2 collaborations)
• Tokio Oki (2 collaborations)
• Raizō Ichikawa (2 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (122 credits)

  • Lefty Fencer

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • The Snow Woman

    screenplay

    writing
    1968
  • Birth of a Fighter

    original story

    writing
    1967
  • New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel

    screenplay

    writing
    1965
  • The Beggar General

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • Ōkuma Shigenobu the great

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • Bronze Magician

    story

    writing
    1963
  • The Confusing Journey of Jirocho

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • The Great Wall

    writer

    writing
    1962
  • Betting on the Sword

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • The Demon of Sendai's Castle

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

    writer

    writing
    1962
  • Third Generation's Loyalty Offering

    original story

    writing
    1962
  • Teppo Yasu no Shogai

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • Keshin

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • Buddha

    screenplay

    writing
    1961
  • The Radiant Prince

    screenplay

    writing
    1961
  • An Eagle Eyed Lord

    screenplay

    writing
    1961
  • Fantastico

    writer

    writing
    1961
  • Vagabonds from Badgerville

    writer

    writing
    1961
  • Lord Tadanao

    writer

    writing
    1960
  • Scars of Honor

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • The Demon of Mount Oe

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • The Casebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Beautiful Spider

    writer

    writing
    1960
  • Mission Accomplished

    writer

    writing
    1960
  • Princess Sen in Edo

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • The Lord Pretends

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • The Lord and the Gambler

    writer

    writing
    1959
  • The Ghost of Yotsuya

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • Jirocho Fuji

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • A Thousand Flying Cranes

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • The Woman and the Pirate

    adaptation

    writing
    1959
  • Lord Nobunaga's Early Days

    writer

    writing
    1959
  • Yutaro's Secret Story

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • The Gay Masquerade

    writer

    writing
    1958
  • Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

    screenplay

    writing
    1958
  • Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko

    writer

    writing
    1958
  • The Loyal 47 Ronin

    screenplay

    writing
    1958
  • The Magnificent Five

    writer

    writing
    1958
  • Freelance Samurai

    screenplay

    writing
    1957
  • Demonfire Palanquin

    writer

    writing
    1957
  • The Brothers

    screenplay

    writing
    1957
  • Red Peonies on the Skin

    screenplay

    writing
    1957
  • Yataro’s Travel Hat

    writer

    writing
    1957
  • Fighting Letter for 29 People

    screenplay

    writing
    1957
  • Floating Vessel

    screenplay

    writing
    1957
  • Love of the Princess

    writer

    writing
    1957
  • Avenging Father

    screenplay

    writing
    1956
  • Scramble for Fortune

    screenplay

    writing
    1956
  • The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations

    writer

    writing
    1956
  • The Swamp

    screenplay

    writing
    1956
  • The Happy Wanderer

    screenplay

    writing
    1956
  • A Samurai's Honor at Pawn

    screenplay

    writing
    1956
  • The Bride and the Treasure

    adaptation

    writing
    1956
  • 元祿美少年記

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • A Warrior's Flute

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • I Was Tokichiro

    adaptation

    writing
    1955
  • Akutarō uridasu

    adaptation

    writing
    1955
  • Minamoto Yoshitsune

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • 振袖釼法

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • The Shadow That Kills the Moon

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • Jakō yashiki

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

    writer

    writing
    1955
  • The Second Son

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • The Princess Sen

    writer

    writing
    1954
  • The Great White Tiger Platoon

    screenplay

    writing
    1954
  • The Story of Shunkin

    screenplay

    writing
    1954
  • Beautiful Tengu

    adaptation

    writing
    1954
  • Fūryū ajiro gasa

    screenplay

    writing
    1954
  • Nagurikomi Songokū

    writer

    writing
    1954
  • Sansho the Bailiff

    screenplay

    writing
    1954
  • Tanuki Battle of Awaodori Festival

    screenplay

    writing
    1954
  • Koina no Ginpei

    screenplay

    writing
    1954
  • Kuro obi arashi

    adaptation

    writing
    1953
  • Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō

    adaptation

    writing
    1953
  • Suna-e jubaku

    screenplay

    writing
    1953
  • Coming Up of Kodokan

    adaptation

    writing
    1953
  • お役者小僧

    adaptation

    writing
    1953
  • 47 Vendettas

    screenplay

    writing
    1953
  • Shachō hisho

    screenplay

    writing
    1953
  • Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Karakuri yashiki

    screenplay

    writing
    1953
  • 花吹雪男祭り　

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Sunset Over Mount Fuji

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Sugamo's Mothers

    writer

    writing
    1952
  • Journey to the West 2: The Great Rampage of Son Goku

    writer

    writing
    1952
  • Furisode kyōjo

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Saiyûki

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Kojiki Taishô

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Awa tanuki yashiki

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Five Men of Edo

    writer

    writing
    1951
  • Duel at Omagatsuji

    screenplay

    writing
    1951
  • Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon

    screenplay

    writing
    1951
  • Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask

    screenplay

    writing
    1951
  • Fire Department

    screenplay

    writing
    1951
  • Hibotan tōzoku

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • Senryō hada

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood

    screenplay

    writing
    1949
  • Zettai aishite

    screenplay

    writing
    1948
  • Golden Devil Part 2

    screenplay

    writing
    1948
  • Golden Devil

    screenplay

    writing
    1948
  • Hakata Dontaku

    screenplay

    writing
    1947
  • Surônin makaritôru

    writer

    writing
    1947
  • Tree of Life

    screenplay

    writing
    1947
  • Political Theater

    screenplay

    writing
    1947
  • Female Police Officer

    screenplay

    writing
    1947
  • Nonkina tosan

    screenplay

    writing
    1946
  • Onatsu Seijurō

    screenplay

    writing
    1946
  • 東海水滸伝

    screenplay

    writing
    1945
  • Signal Fires of Shanghai

    screenplay

    writing
    1944
  • General Kappa

    original story

    writing
    1944
  • Komuso Keizu

    screenplay

    writing
    1943
  • Shadow Over Fuji

    screenplay

    writing
    1942
  • Sandai no sakazuki

    screenplay

    writing
    1942
  • The March of the Restoration

    screenplay

    writing
    1942
  • Masujiro Omura

    screenplay

    writing
    1942
  • The Day Before

    writer

    writing
    1939
  • Kagamiyama Enchanting Romance

    writer

    writing
    1938
  • Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji

    screenplay

    writing
    1937