Kōhan Kawauchi
Japanese lyricist and screenwriter · Japan · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1920 to 2008 · aged 88
Kōhan Kawauchi ; February 26, 1920 - April 6, 2008), also known as Yasunori Kawauchi, was a Japanese screenwriter who created various tokusatsu series, including the first, Moonlight Mask, in 1958. He was originally from Hakodate, Hokkaido.
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Close ties
Buichi Saitō Directed Farewell to Southern Tosa (1959)
Seijun Suzuki Directed Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Nobuo Nakagawa Directed The Ghost of Kasane (1957)- Kōzō Saeki Directed The Fencing Collegian (1956)
- Teruo Ishii Directed Broken Blossoms (1959)
Umetsugu Inoue Directed Nikoyon monogatari (1956)
Chisako Hara Also in The Ghost of Kasane and Broken Blossoms
Nobuo Aoyagi Directed Talkative Company President (1957)
Misako Uji Also in Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed (1957)
About this person
His series Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972) is considered to be an inspiration for Go Nagai's Cutie Honey. Other tokusatsu shows he created include Seven Color Mask (1959) and Messenger of Allah (1960). He also wrote the screenplay for Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter.
