Sō Kuramoto

Kaoru Yamatani (山谷 馨, born 1934), better known by his pen name Sō Kuramoto (倉本 聰), is a Japanese playwright and screenwriter.

He was born in Tokyo on 21 December 1934. He attended Azabu High School and studied aesthetics at Tokyo University.^[1] He then found work at Nippon Broadcasting System (NBS).^[1] While an employee there, he also began submitting scripts for NBS radio programs under the pen name Sō Kuramoto, keeping his identity a secret from his employers. In 1963 he left NBS and began working as a freelancer.^[1] He had troubles around NHK's teleplay Katsu Kaishū and moved to Hokkaido. After staying in Sapporo, he moved to Furano in 1977.^[2] In 1984 he established Furano Juku, a school for script-writers and actors.^[3]

Hirokazu Kore-eda stated that in 1970s Japan, the top three TV scriptwriters were Kuniko Mukōda, Taichi Yamada, and Kuramoto.^[4]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2018)

• Katsu Kaishū (1974)
• Zenryaku Ofukurosama (1975)
• Daitokai Season1 (1976)
• Haguregumo (1978)
• Kita no Kuni Kara [ja] (1981–2002)^[5]
• Yasuragi no Sato (2018-19)
• Yasuragi no Toki: Michi (2019-20)

• Kunoichi ninpō (1964)
• Kunoichi Keshō (1964)
• Blue Christmas (1978)
• Fuyu no Hana (1978)
• Station (1981)
• Tokei – Adieu l'hiver (1986)
• Umi e: See you (1988)^[6]
• Silence of the Sea (2024)^[6]