Yôjirô Ishizaka

Yôjirô Ishizaka

Birth : 1900-01-25, Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Death : 1986-10-07

History

Yōjirō Ishizaka was an influential and popular novelist of post-World War II Japan. His work has been adapted into the big screen in more than 70 films.

Profile

Yôjirô Ishizaka

Movies

The Blue Mountains '88
Original Story
Aoi sanmyaku
Novel
Remake of 1949 film
The Final Winner?
Original Story
In a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as an English teacher.
Pomegranate Time
Story
Comedy-drama about university tennis players.
The Black Sheep
Original Story
Japanese drama film.
Young Girls Are Everywhere
Original Story
A Story Written with Water
Novel
Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.
Song of Farewell
Original Story
Japanese drama film.
Sweet Seventeen
Novel
Green Fruit
Novel
Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is first engaged and all goes well until the young man disappears
Bright Sea
Novel
On the day of college graduation, Mieko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) stood on stage as the valedictorian for the Department of English. During her university years she made sure that she would always come out on top, and she did. With a victorious graduation behind her, she plans out the next chapter of her life: become a successful novelist and go out with a classmate she's been secretly eyeing for the past couple of years.
The Hill is Full of Flowers
Story
A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka wa Hanazakari" based on Yojiro Ishizaka. Miwako Kazuki left the English literature department and joined Toyo Critics. She was attracted by Noro, the editor-in-chief, whose wife died a few years ago and was now living with her two orphans and her old mother....
Gone in the Rain
Novel
Ayako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie. They each have a clear vision of what they want from their career and love life. Soon, their room share takes a turn, when ideals begin to clash with reality.
Beyond the Green Hills
Novel
Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to take a bite out of the forbidden fruit. Expelled from her former school, she finds herself in an all-girls school in Jokamachi, where rumors fly. One day, Shinko delivers an anonymous love letter addressed to her English teacher, Ms. Shimazaki. Convinced that the students are playing a prank, Ms. Shimazaki is adamant about getting to the bottom of this "problem”.
Born in Sin
Original Story
A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
Fresh Leaves
Novel
Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's love, she develops a possessive attachment to Mr. Mazaki, the new mathematics teacher.
That Guy and I
Story
Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko. Motoko is a famous hair dresser, who openly flaunts her lover. When Kokichi and Motoko fight, which they do a lot, he routinely threatens to leave but never quite does. A relationship develops between Saburo and Keiko, but Saburo is shaken when his mother tells Keiko the truth about Saburo's past and the secret of his birth.
Hana to musume to shiroi michi
Original Story
One of Sayuri Yoshinaga's first leading roles.
Beyond the Hills
Story
Story of young love in the hills.
Someday I'll Know
Novel
A modern love story involving different affairs.
Bright Young Maidens
Novel
A Slope in the Sun
Novel
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.
The Baby Carriage
Novel
Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to being regarded as an outcast, the heroine sets about to spiritually legitimize the girl.
The First Kiss
Author
Portmanteau film about young lovers.
Shishun no izumi
Novel
Forbidden Path
Novel
Wakai musumetachi
Original Story
Beyond the Hills
Original Story
Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Original Story
Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.
The Blue Mountains: Part II
Story
Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.
The Blue Mountains: Part I
Novel
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.
Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
Novel
The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until subduing almost all his enemies, the lonely comprehension of knowing that he actually can not take over the whole country because he was born too late.
Dawn Chorus
Story
Sincerity
Novel
Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is not. At one time Tomiko's father was quite fond of Nobuko's mother.
Young People
Novel
Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki (Obinata) speaks up for Keiko, one of the girls at the school, every time she causes problems because he feels sorry for her, a child born out of wedlock. Sumi (Natsukawa), one of Masaki’s colleagues and who is secretly in love with him, strongly disagrees with him about Keiko. Then Sumi hears a rumor that Keiko is pregnant with Masaki's child . . . .