Saeko Himuro
Saeko Himuro 氷室 冴子 | |
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I Can Hear the Sea |
Saeko Himuro (氷室 冴子, Himuro Saeko, January 11, 1957 – June 6, 2008) was a
Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the most popular authors released under Shueisha's Cobalt Bunko imprint. She is best known outside Japan for I Can Hear the Sea, later a Studio Ghibli movie. The cause of her death was determined as lung cancer.[1]
Works
Novels
All titles published by Shueisha Cobalt imprint unless otherwise noted.
1970s
- Shiroi Shōjotachi (白い少女たち) (1978)
- Sayonara Arurukan (さようならアルルカン) (1979)
1980s
- Clara Hakusho (クララ白書) (1980)
- Clara Hakusho Part II (クララ白書ぱーとII, Kurara Hakusho Pāto Tsū) (1980)
- Koisuru Onnatachi (恋する女たち) (1981)
- Agnes Hakusho (アグネス白書, Agunesu Hakusho) (1981)
- Agnes Hakusho Part II (アグネス白書ぱーとII, Agunesu Hakusho Pāto Tsū) (1981)
- Zakkyo Jidai (雑居時代) (1982)
- The Change! (ざ・ちぇんじ!, Za Chenji!) (1983)
- The Change! is a four-volume adaptation of Torikaebaya monogatari, a Heian-era tale.
- Cinderella Meikyū (シンデレラ迷宮, Shinderera Meikyū) (1983)
- Shōjo Shōsetsu Ka wa Shinanai! (少女小説家は死なない!) (1983)
- Cinderella Mystery (シンデレラ ミステリー, Shinderera Misuterī) (1984)
- Nagisa Boy (なぎさボーイ, Nagisa Bōi) (1984)
- Nante Suteki ni Japanesque (なんて素敵にジャパネスク, Nante Suteki ni Japanesuku) (1984)
- Warabigaoka Monogatari (蕨ヶ丘物語) (1984)
- Nante Suteki ni Japanesque 2 (なんて素敵にジャパネスク2, Nante Suteki ni Japanesuku Tsū) (1985)
- Japanesque Encore! (ジャパネスク・アンコール!, Japanesuku Ankōru!) (1985)
- Taeko Girl (多恵子ガール, Taeko Gāru) (1985)
- Shoku Japanesque Encore! (続ジャパネスク・アンコール!, Shoku Japanesuku Ankōru!) (1986)
- Yamato Takeru (ヤマトタケル) (1986)
- Nante Suteki ni Japanesque 3 Hitozuma Hen (なんて素敵にジャパネスク3人妻編) (1988)
- Kitazato Madonna (北里マドンナ) (1988)
- Fuyu no Dean, Natsu no Natalie 1 (冬のディーン 夏のナタリー1, Fuyu no Dīn Natsu no Natarī Wan) (1988)
- Nante Suteki ni Japanesque 4 Furin Hen (なんて素敵にジャパネスク4不倫編) (1989)
- Fuyu no Dean, Natsu no Natalie 2 (冬のディーン 夏のナタリー2, Fuyu no Dīn Natsu no Natarī Tsū) (1989)
- Searching for Lady Anne (レディ・アンをさがして, Redi An o Sagashite) (1989, Kadokawa Shoten)
- Ao no Meikyū Jō (碧(あお)の迷宮 上) (1989, Kadokawa Shoten)
1990s
- Nante Suteki ni Japanesque 5 Inbō Hen (なんて素敵にジャパネスク5陰謀編) (1990)
- Nante Suteki ni Japanesque 6 Kōkyū Hen (なんて素敵にジャパネスク6後宮編) (1990)
- Nante Suteki ni Japanesque 7 Gyakushū Hen (なんて素敵にジャパネスク7逆襲編) (1991)
- Nante Suteki ni Japanesque 8 Enjō Hen (なんて素敵にジャパネスク8炎上編) (1991)
- Imōto Monogatari (いもうと物語) (1991, Shinchosha Nochi Bunko)
- Turn—Sanbanme ni Suki (ターン—三番目に好き) (1991, Shueisha Nochi Bunko)
- Gin no Umi, Kin no Daichi (銀の海 金の大地) vol.1-11 (1992–1996)
- Fuyu no Dean, Natsu no Natalie 3 (冬のディーン 夏のナタリー3, Fuyu no Dīn Natsu no Natarī Surī) (1993)
- I Can Hear the Sea (海がきこえる, Umi ga Kikoeru) (1993)
- I Can Hear the Sea II: Because There Is Love (海がきこえるII~アイがあるから~, Umi ga Kikoeru Tsū: Ai ga Aru kara) (1995)
Essays
- Saeko no Tokyo Monogatari (冴子の東京物語) (1987, Nochi Bunko)
- Playback e Yōkoso (プレイバックへようこそ, Pureibakku e Yōkoso) (1989, Nochi Bunko)
- Playback e Yōkoso 2 (プレイバックへようこそ2, Pureibakku e Yōkoso Tsū) (1990, Nochi Bunko)
- Girlfriends: Saeko Special (ガールフレンズ-冴子スペシャル, Gārufurenzu—Saeko Supesharu) (1990, Shueisha Cobalt)
- My Dear: Shin'ainaru Monogatari (マイ・ディア—親愛なる物語, Mai Dia: Shin'ainaru Monogatari) (1990, Kadokawa SHoten)
- Ippashi no Onna (いっぱしの女) (1992, Nochi Bunko)
- Saeko no Haha Kogusa (冴子の母娘草) (1993, Nochi Bunko)
- Hon no Shiawase (ホンの幸せ) (1995, Nochi Bunko)
Translation
- Ochikubo Monogatari (1993, Kodansha)
Collaboration
- Boku ga Suki na Hito e (1993, with I Can Hear the Sea)
Play
- Searching for Lady Anne
Works made into television dramas
- Nante Suteki ni Japanesque (starring Yasuko Tomita)
- I Can Hear the Sea II: Because There Is Love (1995, starring Hitomi Satō)
Work made into radio drama
- Nante Suteki ni Japanesque (NHK-FM, starring Satomi Kobayashi)
Works made into films
- Clara Hakusho (1985, starring Shōjotai)
- Koisuru Onnatachi (1986, starring Yuki Saito)
Work made into anime
- I Can Hear the Sea (1993, made by Studio Ghibli)
Manga
These manga were either written by Himuro or the original story idea was created by her.
- Rasen Kaidan o Nobotte (螺旋階段をのぼって) (Shogakukan, drawn by Yumi Kagawa)
- Riding! (ライジング!) (Shogakukan, drawn by Kazuko Fujita)
- Love Quartet (ラブ・カルテット, Rabu Karutetto) (Shueisha, drawn by Hiromi Tanigawa)
Works made into manga
- Clara Hakusho (Shogakukan, Noa Misaki)
- Agnes Hakusho (Shogakukan, Noa Misaki)
- Nante Suteki ni Japanesque (Hakusensha, Naomi Yamauchi)
- Zakkyo Jidai (Hakusensha, Naomi Yamauchi)
- Warabigaoka Monogatari (Hakusensha, Naomi Yamauchi)
- The Change! (Hakusensha, Naomi Yamauchi)
- Shōjo Shōsetsu Ie wa Shinanai! (Hakusensha, Miyuki Nishizawa)
- Koisuru Onnatachi (Shueisha, Miyoko Nanbu)
Work made into picture book
- Cinderella Mystery (Tokuma Shoten, artist: Mutsumi Inomata)
Works made into plays
- Searching for Lady Anne
- OSK Nippon Kagekidan produced this play in 1996. Michiru Kō starred in the debut performance at the Kintetsu Theatre.
- Ralph Becker: Michiru Kō
- Lady Anne: Mebae Kojō
- The Change!
- Theatre Echo produced this play from 2000-11-12 to 2000-11-21 at the Shinjuku Minamiguchi Kinokuniya Southern Theatre.
- Produced by Haruhiko Jō
- Script by Michihiro Ōtani
- The female musical theater group Gekidan Star of Dreams production ran during September 2005 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Morinomiya Planet Station.
- Produced by Kaori Ōra
- Theatre Echo produced this play from 2000-11-12 to 2000-11-21 at the Shinjuku Minamiguchi Kinokuniya Southern Theatre.
- Cinderella Mystery
- Produced by Theatre Company Caramelbox in 1994 at the Tokyo Geijutsu Geijō Little Hall and Shinbashi Yakult Hall.
- Produced by Ryūnosuke Kuse
- Script by Yutaka Narui
References
- ^ "Ocean Waves Novelist Saeko Himuro Passes Away". Anime News Network. 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-06-08.