Writing
Fumio Niwa
Born November 22, 1904 · Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Died April 20, 2005 · aged 100
No biography available.
Known For
Hungry Soul · 1956Hungry Soul
★ 6.21956
MovieDramaRomance
Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.
The Angry Street · 1950The Angry Street
★ 6.71950
MovieCrimeDrama
University students Sudo and Mori make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the operation, and Sudo is the suave dancer who picks up the girls. Sudo becomes gradually involved with three different girls and is drawn into the gangster milieu, which he seems unable to resist even though he is responsible for his mother, grandmother, and sister Masako. In this world of bad boys and girls, Masako is the pillar of strength and moral virtue who finally enables Mori to straighten out.
Love Letter · 1953Love Letter
★ 6.81953
MovieRomanceDrama
Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.
Four Sisters · 1962Four Sisters
★ 6.01962
MovieDrama
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.
Hungry Soul, Part II · 1956Hungry Soul, Part II
★ 6.51956
MovieDramaRomance
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.
Bōya monogatari · 1951Bōya monogatari
1951
Movie
In Ginza Hachō, where violence and lust swirl, sparks fly from iron fists and passion against a backdrop of song and dance.
The Beloved Image · 1960The Beloved Image
★ 8.01960
MovieDrama
A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.
Mizu tamari · 1961Mizu tamari
1961
MovieDrama
The stage is Tokyo, a factory town in a downtown area. The young people who work at the bottom of society and one of them, the older sister of the people who work at the bottom of society, no matter how much they are trampled, are written to live a strong life. It is a film adaptation of two short stories of Fumio Niwa's "Water Pool" and "Insects in the Schoolyard."








