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Don't yield! Keep up your courage! The same sun looks down on all of us!

Eiji Yoshikawa

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Eiji Yoshikawa
Age: 70 †
Born: 1892
Born: January 1
Died: 1962
Died: September 7
Journalist
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Yoshikawa Eiji
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