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Writing

Jiro Osaragi

Career

Active from 1928 to 2008, with a break from 1983 to 2000, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Munekata Sisters
The Munekata Sisters
GoodWatch score78/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Post-War Japan 2
  • Fantasy Elements 2
  • Masked Hero 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama (2001)

Novel

1980s

2 titles
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha (1983)

Original Story

Messengers to Satsuma
Messengers to Satsuma (1982)

Novel

1960s

7 titles
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel (1965)

Novel

Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi (1965)

Original Story

New Tengu from Mount Kurama
New Tengu from Mount Kurama (1965)

Novel

Homecoming
Homecoming (1964)

Writer

The House Where Flowers Bloom
The House Where Flowers Bloom (1963)

Novel

The Conspirator
The Conspirator (1961)

Original Story

The Ako Retainers
The Ako Retainers (1961)

Original Story

1950s

36 titles · average score 72
Goblin in Stirrups
Goblin in Stirrups (1959)

Original Story

Ghost Ship Part 2
Ghost Ship Part 2 (1957)

Novel

Ghost Ship Part 1
Ghost Ship Part 1 (1957)

Novel

The Balloon
The Balloon (1956)
GoodWatch score 67

Novel

Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth
Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth (1956)

Original Story

Foghorn
Foghorn (1952)

Novel

The Beggar General
The Beggar General (1952)

Writer

Forty-Eight Man
Forty-Eight Man (1952)

Book, Screenplay

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1 (1952)

Screenplay

The Inner Palace Conspiracy
The Inner Palace Conspiracy (1951)

Novel

The Munekata Sisters
The Munekata Sisters (1950)
GoodWatch score 78

Story

Homecoming
Homecoming (1950)

Novel

1940s

2 titles
My Nightingale
My Nightingale (1944)

Story

Tengu daoshi
Tengu daoshi (1944)

Novel

1930s

11 titles · average score 68
Enoken's Kurama Tengu
Enoken's Kurama Tengu (1939)

Writer

Ōma no tsuji
Ōma no tsuji (1938)

Original Story

Avalanche
Avalanche (1937)
GoodWatch score 68

Story

The Foghorn
The Foghorn (1934)

Original Story

Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki (1934)

Story

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey (1933)

Story

Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword
Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword (1933)

Novel

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel (1933)

Story

Hotta Hayato
Hotta Hayato (1933)

Story

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2
Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2 (1933)

Story

Reimei izen
Reimei izen (1931)

Story

1920s

2 titles
The Frightful Era of Kurama Tengu
The Frightful Era of Kurama Tengu (1928)

Story

Kurama Tengu
Kurama Tengu (1928)

Original Story