# Seiichi Morimura

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**Seiichi Morimura** (森村 誠一, *Morimura Seiichi*, January 2, 1933 – July 24, 2023) was a Japanese novelist and author, born in [Kumagaya](/source/Kumagaya). He is best known for the controversial *[The Devil's Gluttony](/source/The_Devil's_Gluttony)* (悪魔の飽食) (1981), which revealed the atrocities committed by [Unit 731](/source/Unit_731) of the [Imperial Japanese Army](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Army) during the [Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)](/source/Sino-Japanese_War_(1937-1945)).[1][2]

## History

*The Devil's Gluttony* was serialized in the *[Shimbun Akahata](/source/Shimbun_Akahata)* ([Japanese Communist Party](/source/Japanese_Communist_Party)'s newspaper) in 1980,[1] and subsequently published by Kobunsha (光文社), in two volumes in 1981 and 1982.[3] In the ensuing controversy, half of a photograph was discovered to be a fabrication, and Kobunsha subsequently withdrew the book. A second edition was then published by [Kadokawa Shoten](/source/Kadokawa_Shoten) in 1983 with the controversial photograph removed.[4]

Morimura won the [Edogawa Rampo Prize](/source/Edogawa_Rampo_Prize) in 1969 for *Death in the High-Rise* (高層の死角).[5]

His short story "Devil of a Boy" appears translated into English in *Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen: The Detective Story World in Japan* anthology, which was edited by Ellery Queen.

Seiichi Morimura died of pneumonia on July 24, 2023, at the age of 90.[6][7]

## Adaptation

### Television

- *Fushoku no Kōzō* (1977)
- *Seishun no Shōmei* (1978)
- *[Shūchakueki Series](/source/Sh%C5%ABchakueki_Series)* (1990-2022)
- *Shikyaku Ukeoinin* (2007, 2008)

### Film

- *Chō Kosō Hotel Satsuinjiken* (1976)
- *[Proof of the Man](/source/Proof_of_the_Man)* (1977)
- *[Never Give Up](/source/Never_Give_Up_(1978_film))* (1978)
- *[Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea](/source/Genghis_Khan:_To_the_Ends_of_the_Earth_and_Sea)* (2007)

## References

1. ["The Devil's Feast..."](https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/666319181.html?dids=666319181:666319181&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+20,+1982&author=&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=%5B+The+Devil%27s+Feast...+%5D&pqatl=google). *[Boston Globe](/source/Boston_Globe)*. April 20, 1982. Retrieved December 7, 2010.[dead link]

1. ["Japanese public reliving war"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oeYNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4877,3430477&dq=seiichi-morimura&hl=en). *[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](/source/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette)*. March 15, 1982. Retrieved December 7, 2010.

1. Croddy, Eric (1997). [*Chemical and biological warfare: an annotated bibliography*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tYJFT9O1ssgC&q=%22Seiichi+Morimura%22+Kobunsha&pg=PA18). Scarecrow Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780810832718. Retrieved December 7, 2010.

1. Nozaki, Yoshiko (2000). [*Textbook controversy and the production of public truth: Japanese education, nationalism, and Saburo Ienaga's court challenges*](https://books.google.com/books?id=a3POAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Seiichi+Morimura%22+Kadokawa). University of Wisconsin--Madison. Retrieved December 7, 2010.

1. Gid Powers, Richard; Hidetoshi Katō; Bruce Stronach (1989). [*Handbook of Japanese popular culture*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tuRwAAAAMAAJ&q=Rampo). Greenwood Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780313239229. Retrieved December 7, 2010.

1. [Award-Winning Novelist Seiichi Morimura Dies at 90](https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/obituaries/20230724-125003/)

1. Sandomir, Richard (2023-08-03). ["Seiichi Morimura, 90, Who Exposed Japanese Wartime Atrocities, Dies"](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/asia/seiichi-morimura-dead.html). *The New York Times*. Retrieved 2025-06-08.

## External links

- [J'Lit | Authors : Seiichi Morimura | Books from Japan](http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/item/252-seiichi-morimura) (in English)

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