Yokomizo Seishi

Name: Yokomizo Seishi
Native name: 横溝正史
Also Known as: よこみぞまさし
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: May 24, 1902
Died: December 28, 1981

Yokomizo Seishi was one of Japan’s most famous and best-loved mystery writers. He was born in Kobe and spent his childhood reading detective stories, before beginning to write stories of his own, the first of which was published in 1921. He went on to become an extremely prolific and popular author, best known for his Kosuke Kindaichi series, which ran to 77 books, many of which were adapted for stage and television in Japan. The Honjin Murders and The Inugami Curse are also available from Pushkin Vertigo.
He is known for a series of detective novels with Kindaichi Kosuke as a detective. He also had a pharmacist's license.

(Source: PushkinPress) Edit Biography

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2019	Yatsuhakamura	Special	6.2
2018	Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku	Special	7.3
2016	Prison Gate Island	Special	7.0
2016	Ningyo Sashichi Torimonocho	Drama	7.0
2006	Jyooubachi	Special	5.8
2004	Kindaichi Kosuke Series: Yatsuhakamura	Special	0.0
1996	The 8-Tomb Village	Movie	6.7
1995	Yokomizo Seishi Series 6: Yatsuhakamura	Special	0.0
1991	Mei Tantei Kindaichi Kosuke Series: Yatsuhakamura	Special	0.0
1990	Gokumon Jima	Special	0.0
1981	Kura No Naka	Movie	3.0
1981	Akuryo-To	Movie	8.0
1979	The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi	Movie	7.6
1979	The House of Hanging	Movie	7.1
1979	The Devil Comes and Plays His Flute	Movie	4.0
1978	Yokomizo Seishi Series II: Yatsuhakamura	Drama	0.0
1978	Queen Bee	Movie	7.4
1977	Village of Eight Gravestones	Movie	8.0
1977	The Devil's Island	Movie	6.9
1977	Ningyo Sashichi Torimonocho	Drama	0.0
1976	The Inugami Family	Movie	7.0
1975	Death at an Old Mansion	Movie	6.9
1972	Itoko Doshi	Drama	0.0
1971	Suspense Series: Yatsuhakamura	Drama	0.0
1971	Ningyo Sashichi Torimonochou	Drama	0.0
1969	Yatsuhakamura	Special	0.0
1961	Akuma no Temari Uta	Movie	0.0
1961	Ningyo Sahichi Torimono Cho: Yami ni Warau Tetsukamen	Movie	0.0
1961	Ningyo Sahichi Torimono Cho: Kyofu no Torima	Movie	0.0
1960	The Skyscraper Man	Movie	0.0
1960	Angry Rambler	Movie	0.0
1959	Spider Mansion	Movie	2.0
1956	Mitsu Kubi Tou	Movie	1.0
1954	Yurei Otoko	Movie	3.0
1951	Yatsuhakamura	Movie	0.0
1949	Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen	Movie	0.0
1949	Gokumon Jima	Movie	0.0
1947	Sanbon Yubi no Otoko	Movie	0.0

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1979	The House of Hanging Japanese Movie, 1979, (Unknown)	Unknown	7.1
1976	The Inugami Family Japanese Movie, 1976, [Innkeeper of Nasu Inn] (Guest Role)	[Innkeeper of Nasu Inn] Guest Role	7.0