Ryūzō Saki

Ryūzō Saki
Native name
佐木 隆三
BornRyozo Kosaki
(1937-04-14)April 14, 1937
Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, Korea under Japanese rule
DiedOctober 31, 2015(2015-10-31) (aged 78)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation
LanguageJapanese
GenreNon-fiction novel
Years active1961–2015
Notable worksVengeance is Mine (復讐するは我にあり, Fukushū suru wa Ware ni ari)
Notable awards74th Naoki Prize
Japanese name
Kanji佐木 隆三
Kanaさき りゅうぞう
Transcriptions
RomanizationSaki Ryūzō

Ryūzō Saki (佐木 隆三, Saki Ryūzō, April 14, 1937 – October 31, 2015)[1] was a Japanese novelist and non-fiction writer, born in North Hamgyong, a province of what is now North Korea.[2] He was interested in high-profile crimes in Japan and published a number of non-fiction books about Japanese crimes.[2]

On January 14, 1976, Saki was awarded the Naoki Prize for the novel Vengeance Is Mine based on Japanese serial killer Akira Nishiguchi.[2] The novel became the basis of Shohei Imamura's film Vengeance Is Mine.[3] He also wrote the books about Norio Nagayama, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Fusako Sano and Futoshi Matsunaga.

In 1992, Saki published a book about Japanese Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi and Korean An Jung-geun, titled Itō Hirobumi to An Jung-geun.[4]

On 1 November 2015, he died from throat cancer in Kitakyūshū at age 78.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Award-winning novelist Ryuzo Saki dies at 78". The Mainichi. November 1, 2015. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Ryūzō Saki Video | Interviews". Online Video Guide. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ^ "SCREEN: FROM JAPAN, 'VENGEANCE IS MINE'". The New York Times. 1985-06-30. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  4. ^ 伊藤博文と安重根 (in Japanese). Books Kinokuniya. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2010-08-30.


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