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Junpei Gomikawa
Shigeru Kurita (栗田 茂, ''Kurita Shigeru''; March 15, 1916 – March 8, 1995), known by his pen nameJunpei Gomikawa (五味 川純平, ''Gomikawa Junpei''), was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his 1958 World War II novel ''The Human Condition'' (''Ningen no joken''), which became a best seller. The novel became the basis for Masaki Kobayashi's film trilogy ''The Human Condition'' as well as a radio drama. His eighteen-volume novel ''Men and War'' (''Senso to ningen''), formed the basis for Satsuo Yamamoto's 1970–1973 film trilogy of the same name.
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