Shosuke Kurakane

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name = Torao Kurakane


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birth_date = February 13, 1914
birth_place = Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
death_date = August 25, 1973
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nationality = Japanese
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other_names = Shosuke Kurakane
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occupation = Manga artist
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nihongo|Torao Kurakane|倉金 虎雄|Kurakane Torao|February 13, 1914 – August 25, 1973, pen name nihongo|Shosuke Kurakane|倉金章介|Kurakane Shōsuke was a Japanese manga artist.

He wrote many works that has been turned into anime, TV drama, and movie but is especially known for "Anmitsuhime" (あんみつ姫) which was turned into all three. His second best known work, "Tentenmusume" (てんてん娘), was made into a movie on 1956 with Mariko Miyagi as the heroine and on 1984, it was made into a TV drama with Mayumi Hara in the same role.