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Occupation
  
Novelist

Known for
  
The Crimson Labyrinth

Education
  
Kyoto University

Role
  
Author

Name
  
Yusuke Kishi


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Born
  
1959
Osaka, Japan

Books
  
From the New World, The Crimson Labyrinth

Movies
  
Lesson of the Evil, Ao no Hono, Black House

Similar People
  
Kotaro Isaka, Takashi Miike, Yukio Ninagawa, Fumi Nikaido, Shota Sometani

From the New World (novel)


Yusuke Kishi (貴志 祐介, Kishi Yūsuke, born January 3, 1959) is a Japanese author. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.

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Biography

He graduated from Kyoto University with a degree in Economics. After working for a life insurance company for several years, Kishi started his writing career as a freelancer. He has twice won the Japan Horror Novel Award, and boasts bestselling status in Japan with multiple works adapted to the screen. The Crimson Labyrinth marks his American debut.

Adaptations

Japanese films
  • Kuroi Ie (1999)
  • Isola: Persona 13 (2000)
  • The Blue Light (2003)
  • Lesson of the Evil (2012) (Aku no Kyōten)
    • South Korean film
  • Black House (2007) (Kuroi Ie)
    • Anime
  • From the New World (2012)

    • Awards

  • 1997 - Japan Horror Novel Award (ja): Kuroi Ie (Black House)
  • 2005 - Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Garasu no Hammā (The Glass Hammer )
  • 2008 - Japan SF Award: From the New World
  • 2010 - Yamada Futaro Award : Aku no Kyōten (Lesson of the Evil )
  • 2011 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2011): Aku no Kyōten (Lesson of the Evil)

    • References

    Yusuke Kishi Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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