Biography

Ayame Mizushima (17 June 1903 – 31 December 1990) was the pen name of Japanese novelist and screenwriter Chitose Takano, commonly referred to as the first woman to have received on-screen credit in Japan. In 1916 (at the age of thirteen), Takano was introduced to Nobuko Yoshiya, a successful novelist who specialized in serialized romance novels and is known as a pioneer of Japanese lesbian literature. Yoshiya's serials inspired her to write, and she began contributing to newspapers and magazines at the age of fourteen. Takano adopted her pen name upon the release of The Song of the Fallen Leaves, for which she wrote the script, in order to ...Read More