Keinosuke Uekusa

Keinosuke Uekusa
植草 圭之助
Uekusa in 1961
Born(1910-03-05)5 March 1910
Died19 December 1993(1993-12-19) (aged 83)
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • playwright
  • novelist
Notable workOne Wonderful Sunday (1947) Drunken Angel (1948) Alakazam the Great (1960)

Keinosuke Uekusa (植草 圭之助, Uekusa Keinosuke, 5 March, 1910  19 December, 1993) was a Japanese screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. He is known for his longstanding friendship and collaborations with the filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.