Fūtarō Yamada

He was discovered by Edogawa Rampo and became a novelist. He wrote many ninja (忍法帖 Ninpōchō series) and mystery stories. Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime.

• The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (original title: 甲賀忍法帖, Kōga Ninpōchō), translation Geoff Sant (Del Rey, 2006) • The Meiji Guillotine Murders (original title: 明治断頭台, Meiji Dantōdai, 1979), translation Bryan Karetnyk (Pushkin Press, 2023)

• "The Yellow Lodger" (original title: 黄色い下宿人 Kiiroi Geshukunin, 1957) translation by Kyoko Omori published in Old Crimes, New Scenes: A Century of Innovations in Japanese Mystery Fiction, Ed. Charles Exley and Michael Stone Tangeman (MerwinAsia, 2018). ISBN 9781937385347

• The Kouga Ninja Scrolls - adapted to film in 2005, to manga in 1963 and two times in 2003, and to anime in 2005 (based on one of the 2003 manga). • Edo Ninpōchō - adapted to film in 1963, and as a TV series in 1966. • Gunkan Ninpōchō • Kunoichi Ninpōchō - adapted to film twice: in 1964 (as Kunoichi Ninpō) and in 1991. • Gedō Ninpōchō - adapted to film twice: in 1964 (as Kunoichi Keshō) and in 1992. • Ninja Tsukikageshō - adapted to film in 1963, 1996, and 2011. • Ninpō-chūshingura - adapted to film in 1965, in 1983 (TV), and in 1994. • Iga Ninpōchō - adapted to film in 1982 (as Ninja Wars) and to manga in 2004. • Ninpō Hakkenden • Fūrai Ninpōchō - adapted to film in 1965 and in 1968. • Yagyū Jūbei trilogy #1 - 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 • Yagyū Jūbei trilogy #2 (serialized as Oboro Ninpōchō) - 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

• Ganchū no Akuma • Kyozō Inraku - adapted to manga in 1978. • with Akimitsu Takagi - 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 • Keishichō Sōshi —Fūtarō Meiji Gekijō— • Basara • Yagyū Jūbei trilogy #3 - adapted to manga in 2000.

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