Hideo Osabe
Hideo Osabe was a Japanese essayist and novelist. His work focused on movies and Osamu Dazai.
He was born in Aomori Prefecture, where Dazai was also born. He also once directed a movie.
He won the Naoki Prize in 1973 for Tsugaru jongara bushi and Tsugaru yosare bushi.
He was awarded a Medal of Honor from the Japanese government in 2002.Fiction
