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Fūtarō Yamada (1922–2001)

Autor von The Kouga Ninja Scrolls

60 Werke 165 Mitglieder 5 Rezensionen

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Werke von Fūtarō Yamada

The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (2006) 57 Exemplare
Basilisk Vol. 1 (2014) 6 Exemplare
Les huit chiens des Satomi (2013) 4 Exemplare
Les huit chiens des Satomi (2013) 3 Exemplare
Basilisk Vol. 3 (2014) 2 Exemplare
Basilisk Vol. 4 (2014) 2 Exemplare
Basilisk Vol. 5 (2014) 2 Exemplare
Basilisk Vol. 2 1 Exemplar
忍びの卍 (1975) 1 Exemplar
剣鬼喇嘛仏 (2002) 1 Exemplar

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Gebräuchlichste Namensform
Yamada, Fūtarō
Rechtmäßiger Name
山田, 誠也
Andere Namen
山田, 風太郎
Yamada, Seiya
Geburtstag
1922-01-04
Todestag
2001-07-28
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
Japan
Geburtsort
Yabu, Hyogo, Japan
Preise und Auszeichnungen
Japan Mystery Award
Kikuchi Kan Prize (1997)

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This story is set during the early Meiji period, after the end of the Boshin War (1969) but before the Satsuma Rebellion (1877). A time when the Japanese government was unsettled, and the direction of the country uncertain.

After the opening, it starts to read like a collection of short detective stories, starring the detectives Kawaji and Kazuki, as ostensibly friendly rivals. In a rather strange twist, each story ends with a séance and a reveal of the truth by the murder victim, although it is pretty obvious that Kazuki arranges this as a trick to give Esmeralda Sanson an important role in the eyes of the government. Anyway, these stories are of variable quality and not all of them of sparkling originality.

The intriguing bit comes at the end, in which Saigo Takamori makes a brief appearance, and the two detectives betray each other. Kawaji participates in a conspiracy against his friend, and Kazuki reveals that he engineered the crime spree that the so deftly solved -- out of a fanatical devotion to justice. The dramatic closing scenes are not entirely convincing.

Three stars for the detective element. But the historical context and the skilled writing make up for some of the deficiencies.
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EmmanuelGustin | Dec 29, 2023 |
I wanted to like it more, but I suspect that the prose's problems were not all caused by the bad translation.

And the climax is very much of the "anti" variety.

As an outline for film/anime/manga, though, it deserves at least four stars.
 
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3Oranges | 1 weitere Rezension | Jun 24, 2023 |
Des femmes deviennent des ninjas pour se venger des samouraïs qui ont tués leurs époux, frères, pères…
Entraînées par un homme, elles vont apprendre toutes les techniques pour devenir des guerrières.
Avec des méchants très méchants !!! :-))
 
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misscharityfromspace | Aug 19, 2022 |
Spet femmes d’un clan survivent à un massacre...
 
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CHINEDESENFANTS | Aug 12, 2012 |

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Werke
60
Mitglieder
165
Beliebtheit
#128,476
Bewertung
4.0
Rezensionen
5
ISBNs
59
Sprachen
3

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