Hideji Hōjō
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Hōjō Hideji
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| Native name | 北条 秀司 |
| Born |
November 7, 1902 Osaka, Japan |
| Died | May 19, 1996 (aged 93) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Resting place | Ryuho-ji, Kamakura |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Kansai University |
| Genre | stage plays |
| Literary movement | Shimpa |
| Notable awards |
Shinchosha Prize (1941) Yomiuri Literary Award (1965) Kikuchi Kan Prize (1973) Otami Keijiro Prize (1987) |
Hideji Hōjō (北条 秀司 Hōjō Hideji?, November 7, 1902 - May 19, 1996), was the pen name of a Japanese author, novelist, and playwright in Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Iino Hideji (飯野 秀二?)
Born in Osaka and a graduate of Kansai University, Hōjō moved to Tokyo in 1926, and found employment with the Hakone Tozan Railway. In 1933, he quit his job to devote his attention to drama, becoming a student with Okamoto Kido and Hasegawa Shin. He became a leading member of the Shimpa modern drama movement in the 1930s.
During World War II, he was active in writing kokumingeki (government propaganda plays) such as "Tamna Tunnel", intended to help the war effort.
Hōjō was author of more than 200 plays and the leader of commercial theatre in Japan after World War II, working in a wide range of genre, from kabuki, to shimpa and Takarazuka Revues. In "Behind the Flower Garden" in 1960, he wrote a play in which actor Shotaro Hanayagi had to play both the male and female leads.
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