Morio Kita

Morio Kita (pen name of Sokichi Saitō) was a Japanese psychiatrist, novelist, and essayist born in 1927, best known for his Akutagawa Prize-winning novel In the Corner of Night and Fog (1960) and the epic family saga The House of Nire, along with essay series like Doctor Manbo. Son of poet Mokichi Saitō, he graduated from Tohoku University Medical School, practiced psychiatry at Keio University, and later received the Jiro Osaragi Prize in 1998 for his father's biography; he died in 2011. IMDb bio, Wikidata, Akutagawa Prize, The Times, Goodreads