Description:
Shinobu Hashimoto was born on 18 April 1918 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. He was a writer and director, known for Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958), Rashômon (1950) and Ikiru (1952). He died on 19 July 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
Birthday
April 18, 1918
Born In
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Trivia
He was diagnosed with tuberculosis after he enlisted in the army in 1938. This ended his military career, and he was sent to a veterans' hospital. While convalescing, he looked through some movie magazines, found a sample screenplay, and figured he could write something much better. He wrote his own script, based on his experiences in the hospital, and sent it to Mansaku Itami, a prominent screenwriter. Itami was so impressed that he became a mentor for Hashimoto.
