was a

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novelist. He was born in

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, and was educated at

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where he studied literature. His most famous work is ''

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'', which has been adapted into a movie four times and most recently in 2008 into a

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television series. His work is known for its emphasis on carnality and the physical body.

Films

''Gate of Flesh'' (Nikutai no mon) was first adapted by directors

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and Masafusa Ozaki in 1948, just one year after the publication of the novel. Later adaptions were by directors

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(1964),

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(1977), and

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(1988, as ''Carmen 1945''). Director

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adapted another novel of Tamura in his film '' Escape at Dawn'' in 1950, which was remade by Seijun Suzuki as '' Story of a Prostitute'' in 1965.

References

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