Futaro Yamada

Futaro Yamada (山田 風太郎) was the pen name of Seiya Yamada (山田 誠也), a Japanese author. He was born in Yabu, Hyogo. In 1947, he wrote a mystery short story Daruma-tōge no Jiken (達磨峠の事件) and was awarded a prize by the magazine Houseki (宝石). He was discovered by Edogawa Rampo and became a novelist. He wrote many ninja (忍法帖 Ninpōchō series) and mystery stories. Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime.

Novels

 * The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (original title: 甲賀忍法帖, Kōga Ninpōchō), translation Geoff Sant (Del Rey, 2006)
 * The Meiji Guillotine Murders (original title: 警視庁草紙 —風太郎明治劇場—, Keishichō Sōshi —Fūtarō Meiji Gekijō—, 1979), translation Bryan Karetnyk (Pushkin Press, 2023)

Short story

 * "The Yellow Lodger" (original title: Kiiroi Geshukunin), translation Damian Flanagan (The Tower of London: Tales of Victorian London, Peter Owen, 2005) – A Sherlock Holmes pastiche

Awards

 * 1949, the 2nd Detective Story Writers' Club Award
 * 1997, the 45th Kikuchi Kan Prize
 * 2000, the 4th Japan Mystery Award
 * 2004, the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Basilisk, the manga adaptation of The Kouga Ninja Scrolls

Ninja stories ("Ninpōchō" series)

 * The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (甲賀忍法帖) - adapted to film in 2005, to manga in 1963 and two times in 2003, and to anime in 2005 (based on one of the 2003 manga).
 * Edo Ninpōchō (江戸忍法帖) - adapted to film in 1963, and as a TV series in 1966.
 * Gunkan Ninpōchō (軍艦忍法帖)
 * Kunoichi Ninpōchō (くノ一忍法帖) - adapted to film twice: in 1964 (as Kunoichi ninpō) and in 1991.
 * Gedō Ninpōchō (外道忍法帖) - adapted to film twice in 1964 and 1992.
 * Ninja Tsukikageshō (忍者月影抄) - adapted to film in 1963, 1996, and 2011.
 * Ninpō-chūshingura (忍法忠臣蔵) - adapted to film in 1965, 1983 (TV), and 1994.
 * Iga Ninpōchō (伊賀忍法帖) - adapted to film in 1982 (as Ninja Wars) and to manga in 2004.
 * Ninpō Hakkenden (忍法八犬伝)
 * Fūrai Ninpōchō (風来忍法帖) - adapted to film in 1965 and 1968.
 * Yagyū Ninpōchō (柳生忍法帖) - adapted to film in 1998 and to manga in 2005.
 * Ninpō Sōden 73 (忍法相伝73) - adapted to film in 1969.
 * Jiraiya Ninpōchō (自来也忍法帖) - adapted to film in 1995.
 * Maten Ninpōchō (魔天忍法帖)
 * Shingen Ninpōchō (信玄忍法帖)
 * Makai Tenshō (魔界転生) - adapted to film in 1981, 1996 and 2003, to anime in 1997 and to various manga.
 * Shinobi no Manji (忍びの卍) - adapted to film in 1968.
 * Ninpō Kenshiden (忍法剣士伝)
 * Ginga Ninpōchō (銀河忍法帖)
 * Higisho Sōdatsu (秘戯書争奪) - adapted to film in 1993.
 * Ninpō Fūin Ima Yaburu (忍法封印いま破る)
 * Ninja Kokubyaku Zōshi (忍者黒白草紙)
 * Ninpō Sōtō no Washi (忍法双頭の鷲) - adapted to TV in 2018.
 * Musashi Ninpō Tabi (武蔵忍法旅)
 * Uminari Ninpōchō (海鳴り忍法帖)
 * Ninpō Sōsei-ki (忍法創世記)

Other fiction

 * Ganchū no Akuma (眼中の悪魔)
 * Kyozō Inraku (虚像淫楽) - adapted to manga in 1978.
 * Akuryō no Mure (悪霊の群) - adapted to film in 1956.
 * Jūsankaku Kankei (十三角関係)
 * Idaten Hyakuri (いだ天百里) - adapted to manga in 2006.
 * Onna Rō Hishō (おんな牢秘抄) - adapted to TV series in 1972, TV movie in 1983, V-cinema film in 1995, and to manga in 2006.
 * Hitsugi no Naka no Etsuraku (棺の中の悦楽) - adapted to film in 1965.
 * Taiyō Kokuten (太陽黒点)
 * Keishichō Sōshi (警視庁草紙) - adapted to TV series in 2001.
 * Gentō Tsujibasha (幻燈辻馬車)
 * The Meiji Guillotine Murders (警視庁草紙 —風太郎明治劇場—)
 * Basara (婆沙羅)
 * Yagyū Jūbei Shisu (柳生十兵衛死す) - adapted to manga in 2000.