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Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award.

Known for

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985 • Self
Around Mr. Yasunari Kawabata
Around Mr. Yasunari Kawabata
1968
Keiko and Yves Get Married
Keiko and Yves Get Married
1957 • himself

Full filmography

Yasunari Kawabata – Biography, Known For & Filmography