Kaoru Morimoto

Morimoto was born in Osaka, Japan, on 4 June 1912 and later moved to Kyoto, where he received a degree in English literature from Kyoto University in 1937. Migotona onna (1934), one of Morimoto's earliest plays, was published in the magazine Gekisaku ("Playwright"), edited by Kishida. In 1941, Morimoto joined the Bungakuza. Fallen Blossoms (1938), based on his play and directed by Tamizō Ishida, another Bungakuza affiliate, is nowadays seen as one of the outstanding Japanese films of the 1930s. Dotō (1944), based on the story of Japanese scientist Kitasato Shibasaburō, was performed by the New National Theatre in Tokyo as a part of their 1999–2000 season. ==Major works==

• 1934: Wagaya (わが家, lit. "My home"), one act • 1934: Ikka fū (一家風, lit. "Family style"), one act • 1934: Migotona onna (みごとな女, lit. "A magnificent woman"), one act • 1935: Hanabanashiki ichizoku (華々しき一族, lit. "Hanabanashiki clan"), three acts • 1936: Ishō (衣装, lit. "Clothing"), one act • 1941: Chin fujin, (陳夫人, lit. "Madam Chen"), adaptation of a work by Soichi Shoji, with Sumie Tanaka • 1944: Ōgi (扇, lit. "Fan"), one act • 1944: Dotō (怒濤, lit. "Raging waves"), five acts • 1945: ''A Woman's Life'', five acts ==Film adaptations==

• 1938: Fallen Blossoms • 1939: Mukashi no uta (also screenplay) • 1944: Gekiryu (also screenplay) • 1946: Ai no senkusha • 1953: Aijin • 1962: Life of a Woman ==References==