thumb|Yamada in 1964

, known by his pen name , was a Japanese author. He was born in Yabu, Hyogo. In 1947, he wrote a mystery short story and was awarded a prize by the magazine . He was discovered by Edogawa Rampo and became a novelist. He wrote many ninja (忍法帖 Ninpōchō series) and mystery stories. Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime.

Works in English translation

Novels

  • The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (original title: 甲賀忍法帖, Kōga Ninpōchō), translation Geoff Sant (Del Rey, 2006)
  • The Meiji Guillotine Murders (original title: 明治断頭台, Meiji Dantōdai, 1979), translation Bryan Karetnyk (Pushkin Press, 2023)

Short story

  • "The Yellow Lodger" (original title: Kiiroi Geshukunin), translation Damian Flanagan (The Tower of London: Tales of Victorian London, Peter Owen, 2005) – A Sherlock Holmes pastiche

Awards

  • 1949, the 2nd Detective Story Writers' Club Award
  • 1997, the 45th Kikuchi Kan Prize
  • 2000, the 4th Japan Mystery Award
  • 2004, the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Basilisk, the manga adaptation of The Kouga Ninja Scrolls

Selected works

Ninja stories (Ninpōchō series)

  • - adapted to film in 2005, to manga in 1963 and two times in 2003, and to anime in 2005 (based on one of the 2003 manga).
  • - adapted to film in 1963, and as a TV series in 1966.
  • - adapted to film twice: in 1964 (as Kunoichi Ninpō) and in 1991.
  • - adapted to film twice: in 1964 (as Kunoichi Keshō) and in 1992.
  • - adapted to film in 1963, 1996, and 2011.
  • - adapted to film in 1965, in 1983 (TV), and in 1994.
  • - adapted to film in 1982 (as Ninja Wars) and to manga in 2004.
  • - adapted to film in 1965 and in 1968.
  • - adapted to film in 1998 and to manga in 2005.
  • - adapted to film in 1969.
  • - adapted to film in 1995.
  • (serialized as Oboro Ninpōchō) - adapted to film in 1981, 1996 and 2003, to anime in 1997 and to various manga.
  • - adapted to film in 1968.
  • - adapted to film in 1993.
  • - adapted to TV in 2018.

Other fiction

  • - adapted to manga in 1978.
  • - adapted to film in 1956.
  • - adapted to manga in 2006.
  • - adapted to TV series in 1972, TV movie in 1983, V-cinema film in 1995, and to manga in 2006.
  • - adapted to film in 1965.
  • - adapted to TV series in 2001.
  • - adapted to manga in 2000.

References

  • Futarou Yamada Museum
  • Permanent display in the Hyogo Net Museum of Literature
  • Futaro Yamada at J'Lit Books from Japan
  • Synopsis of The Story of the Eight Dog Warriors (Hakkenden) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project)
  • The War Generation's Genius - comic about Futaro Yamada's early life