Kaoru Morimoto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kaoru Morimoto

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1912

Place of Birth: Ōsaka, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1946

Profession: playwright

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Kaoru Morimoto (?? ?, Morimoto Kaoru, 1912–1946) was a Japanese playwright, director, translator, and actor.
He is famous for his critically acclaimed play, A Woman's Life (Onna no issho), one of Japan's most frequently staged plays post World War II.
Morimoto's work was most popular during the post-war period but his plays are still read and performed today.
He was born in Osaka, Japan in 1912 and later moved to Kyoto where he received a degree in English literature from Kyoto University in 1937.
Morimoto died in 1946 after a long battle with tuberculosis.