Masanori Hata
Japanese zoologist and essayist
Masanori Hata was a Japanese zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker. A popular essayist under the pen name Mutsugorō, he was awarded the Kikuchi Kan Prize for his writing in 1977. He was perhaps best known in the West as the director and screenwriter... Wikipedia
Born: April 17, 1935, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Died: April 5, 2023 (age 87 years), Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan