Ōno Hiroyuki

Scriptwriter and head of the Chaplin Society of Japan. Born in Osaka in 1974. Moved to Kyoto for higher learning, earning his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Kyoto University. After graduation made the ancient capital his base for his stage drama and cinematic writing activities. Wrote the script for the 2014 Uzumasa Limelight, winner of the Best Feature Award at the Fantasia Festival in Canada. Author of Kyōto no onedan (The Price of Kyoto), an exploration of the thinking and worldview of the people of the city, and Chappurin to Hitorā (Chaplin and Hitler), which won the Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities. His latest work is Chappurin ga mita fashizumu (The Fascism Chaplin Witnessed).