was a noted Japanese writer, essayist, and translator.
Prizes
- 1979 81st Naoki Prize (1979ä¸Â) for RÃ
Âkyoku shiasahimaru no hanashi / Mimi no koto (浪æÂ²å¸«æÂÂæÂ¥ä¸¸ã®話 / ãÂÂãÂÂã®ãÂÂã¨)
- 1979 15th Tanizaki Prize for Poroporo (ãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂ)
Selected works
- Kaburitsuki jinsei, 1964.
- Ueno shÃ
Âgitai, 1968.
- JidÃ
Âmakidokei no ichinichi, 1971.
- Omoshiro hambun taidan, 1971.
- Otomejima no otome, 1974.
- OhÃ
Âtsuku zuma, 1975.
- Cheri to no sampo, 1976.
- Betonamu Ã
Âjo, 1979.
- Biggu heddo, 1979.
- GorinjÃ
« totokarucho, 1979.
- Ishagirai ni sasageru hon, 1979.
- Poroporo (ãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂ), TÃ
ÂkyÃ
 : ChÃ
«Ã
 KÃ
Âronsha, 1979.
- RÃ
Âkyoku shiasahimaru no hanashi / Mimi no koto (浪æÂ²å¸«æÂÂæÂ¥ä¸¸ã®話 / ãÂÂãÂÂã®ãÂÂã¨), 1979.
- Yashi no tabi (é¦ÂÃ¥Â
·å¸« ã® æÂÂ
), TÃ
ÂkyÃ
 : TairyÃ
«sha, 1979.
- Joruigaku nyÃ
«mon, 1980.
- Mata yokomichi ni soremasu ga, 1981.
- ChÃ
Âjikan taidan (è¶Â
æÂÂé 対è«Â), TÃ
ÂkyÃ
 : ShÃ
«eisha, 1981.
- Yoi (éÂ
Â), TÃ
ÂkyÃ
 : Sakuhinsha, 1988.
- Boku no shinema gurafiti, TÃ
ÂkyÃ
 : ShinchÃ
Âsha, 1983.
- Nai mono no sonzai (ãªã ãÂÂ㮠㮠åÂÂå¨), TÃ
ÂkyÃ
 : Fukutake Shoten, 1990.
- Tanaka Komimasa essei korekushon (ç°ä¸Âå°Âå®ÂæÂÂã¨ãÂÂãÂȋ¤ãÂȋ³ã‹¯ã·ã§ã³), TÃÂ¥okyÃÂ¥o : Chikuma ShobÃÂ¥o, 2002.
Selected translation works
- Carter Brown - The Dame, The Brazen, The Temptress, Tomorrow is Murder, The Stripper, The Bombshell, The Dream is Deadly, Zelda, The Lady is Available, The Girl Who Was Possessed, Nymph to the Slaughter, Charlie Sent Me, and more other works
- James M. Cain - The Postman Always Rings Twice
- Raymond Chandler - The Lady in the Lake, The High Window
- James Hadley Chase - Tiger By the Tail, Shock Treatment, You've Got It Coming, One Bright Summer Morning
- A.A. Fair - Bedrooms Have Windows, Some Women Won't Wait, You Can Die Laughing, Top of the Heap, Pass the Gravy, Owls Don't Blink, Bats Fly at Dusk, Double or Quits, Cats Prowl at Night, Crows Can't Count, Up for Grabs (Cool and Lam Series)
- Dashiell Hammett - Red Harvest
- Ross Macdonald - Blue City
- Richard Matheson - I Am A Legend
- Ed McBain - The Mugger, Lady Killer
- Mickey Spillane - Day of the Guns, Bloody Sunrise, The Death Dealers, The By-Pass Control
References