Futaro Yamada
Seiya Yamada, known by his pen name Futaro Yamada, was a Japanese author. He was born in Yabu, Hyogo. In 1947, he wrote a mystery short story Daruma-tōge no Jiken and was awarded a prize by the magazine Houseki. He was discovered by Edogawa Rampo and became a novelist. He wrote many ninja and mystery stories. Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime.
Works in English translation
Novels
- The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, translation Geoff Sant
- The Meiji Guillotine Murders, translation Bryan Karetnyk
Short story
- "The Yellow Lodger", translation Damian Flanagan – A Sherlock Holmes pastiche
Awards
- 1949, the 2nd Mystery Writers of [Japan Award|Detective Story Writers' Club Award]
- 1997, the 45th Kikuchi Kan Prize
- 2000, the 4th Japan Mystery Award
- 2004, the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Basilisk, the manga adaptation of ''The Kouga Ninja Scrolls''
Selected works
Ninja stories (''Ninpōchō'' series)
- The Kouga Ninja Scrolls - adapted to film in 2005, to manga in 1963 and two times in 2003, and to anime in 2005.
- Edo Ninpōchō - adapted to film in 1963, and as a TV series in 1966.
- Gunkan Ninpōchō
- Kunoichi Ninpōchō - adapted to film twice: in 1964 and in 1991.
- Gedō Ninpōchō - adapted to film twice: in 1964 and 1992.
- Ninja Tsukikageshō - adapted to film in 1963, 1996, and 2011.
- Ninpō-chūshingura - adapted to film in 1965, 1983, and 1994.
- Iga Ninpōchō - adapted to film in 1982 and to manga in 2004.
- Ninpō Hakkenden
- Fūrai Ninpōchō - adapted to film in 1965 and 1968.
- Yagyū Ninpōchō - adapted to film in 1998 and to manga in 2005.
- Ninpō Sōden 73 - adapted to film in 1969.
- Jiraiya Ninpōchō - adapted to film in 1995.
- Maten Ninpōchō
- Shingen Ninpōchō
- Makai Tenshō - adapted to film in 1981, 1996 and 2003, to anime in 1997 and to various manga.
- Shinobi no Manji - adapted to film in 1968.
- Ninpō Kenshiden
- Ginga Ninpōchō
- Higisho Sōdatsu - adapted to film in 1993.
- Ninpō Fūin Ima Yaburu
- Ninja Kokubyaku Zōshi
- Ninpō Sōtō no Washi - adapted to TV in 2018.
- Musashi Ninpō Tabi
- Uminari Ninpōchō
- ''Ninpō Sōsei-ki''
Other fiction
- Ganchū no Akuma
- Kyozō Inraku - adapted to manga in 1978.
- Akuryō no Mure - adapted to film in 1956.
- Jūsankaku Kankei
- Idaten Hyakuri - adapted to manga in 2006.
- Onna Rō Hishō - adapted to TV series in 1972, TV movie in 1983, V-cinema film in 1995, and to manga in 2006.
- Hitsugi no Naka no Etsuraku - adapted to film in 1965.
- Taiyō Kokuten
- Keishichō Sōshi - adapted to TV series in 2001.
- Gentō Tsujibasha
- The Meiji Guillotine Murders
- Basara
- Yagyū Jūbei Shisu - adapted to manga in 2000.