, known by his

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, is a Japanese novelist known for his

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. His pen name is based on the Chinese name of Hong Kong filmmaker

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, Chow Sing-chi (周星馳), written backwards and rendered in Japanese.

Biography

Hase was born in

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and graduated from

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with a B.A. in 1987. A few of his novels were adapted into

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, such as '' The City of Lost Souls'' and '' Sleepless Town'', in 2000 and 1998, respectively. Hase supervised the story for

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's 2005

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'' and its 2006 sequel ''

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''. He had no involvement with later entries in the series. In 2020, Hase won the

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with his novel ''Shonen to Inu'' (''A Boy and Dog'').

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hase, Seishu 1965 births 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists Japanese crime fiction writers Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners Yokohama City University alumni Living people Naoki Prize winners Writers from Hokkaido