# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matsutaro-kawaguchi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:02:27.699Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matsutaro-kawaguchi"
name: "Matsutarō Kawaguchi"
slug: "matsutaro-kawaguchi"
description: "Matsutarō Kawaguchi  was a Japanese writer of short stories, novels, dramas and screenplays. He repeatedly collaborated on films of director Kenji Mizoguchi, and his books were adapted by directors such as Mikio Naruse and Kōzaburō Yoshimura."
tagline: "Japanese writer and film producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kawaguchi_Matsutaro.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1899-10-01"
deathDate: "1985-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.51
  momentum:             7.541589648798522
  historical:           9.298784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442736/"
    handle:    "nm0442736"
sources:
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    title: "Kawaguchi Matsutarō"
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    title: "ماتسوتارو كاواجوكى"
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    title: "ماتسوتارو کاواقوچی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaguchi_Matsutar%C5%8D"
    title: "Kawaguchi Matsutarō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsutar%C5%8D_Kawaguchi"
    title: "Matsutarō Kawaguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsutar%C5%8D_Kawaguchi"
    title: "Matsutarō Kawaguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماتسوتارو کاواگوچی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matsutarō Kawaguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9D%E5%8F%A3%E6%9D%BE%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E"
    title: "川口松太郎"
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    title: "მაცუტარო კავაგუტი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1272457"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/134342"
    title: "Matsutarō Kawaguchi"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump