Renzaburō Shibata

Renzaburō Shibata (柴田錬三郎) was a Japanese author and Sinologist.

He graduated from Keio University and won the Naoki Prize in 1951 for Iesu no Ei (lit. Descendant of Jesus).

He is famous for Nemuri Kyōshirō, a series of jidaigeki novels. He also published a new Japanese translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin.

Novels

 * Nemuri Kyōshirō (1956)
 * Gokenin Zankurō (1976)
 * Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1959)
 * Water Margin
 * Unmeitōge
 * Iesu no Ei (lit. Descendant of Jesus)

Film

 * Destiny's Son (1962)
 * Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman (1963)
 * Curse of the Blood (1968)
 * Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri (1969)