# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/junji-kinoshita
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:09:37.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/junji-kinoshita"
name: "Junji Kinoshita"
slug: "junji-kinoshita"
description: "Junji Kinoshita  was a Japanese playwright. He was the foremost playwright of modern drama in postwar Japan. He was also a translator and scholar of Shakespeare's plays. Kinoshita’s achievements were not limited to Japan. He helped to promote theatrical exchanges between Japan and the People’s Republic of China, and he traveled broadly in Europe and Asia. In addition to his international work, Kinoshita joined various societies that focused on the study of folktales and the Japanese language."
tagline: "Japanese writer (1914–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Junji_Kinoshita%2C_January_1956.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-08-02"
deathDate: "2006-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.16
  momentum:             6.338613444746689
  historical:           10.77415733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6116716/"
    handle:    "nm6116716"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8%E4%B8%8B%E9%A0%86%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "木下順二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جونجى كينوشيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%8E%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96_%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Дзюндзі Кінасіта"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinoshita_Junji"
    title: "Kinoshita Junji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B9_%CE%9A%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B1"
    title: "Τζούντζι Κινοσίτα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junji_Kinoshita"
    title: "Junji Kinoshita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junji_Kinoshita"
    title: "Junji Kinoshita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junji_Kinoshita"
    title: "Junji Kinoshita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1_%D5%81%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%B1%D5%AB"
    title: "Կինոսիտա Ձյունձի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8%E4%B8%8B%E9%A0%86%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "木下順二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junji_Kinoshita"
    title: "Junji Kinoshita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%8E%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Киносита, Дзюндзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552579"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4411017"
    title: "Junji Kinoshita"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump