Screenwriter and director Akira Miyazaki passed away on Sunday due to bile duct cancer. He was 84. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, November 29 with his eldest daughter Momoko as chief mourner.

Miyazaki wrote the scripts for six films in the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo (Being a Man is Tough) film series, and made his directorial debut with the 1971 film Naite Tamaru ka (As if I'd Cry). He wrote scripts for numerous anime, including Raccoon Rascal , The Perrine Story , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , Kaitō Lupin - 813 no Nazo , Yuki , The Wizard of Oz , Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow , Katry, the Cow Girl , Little Women , Botchan , Like the Clouds, Like the Wind , and Happy Moomin Family .

Source: Nikkan Sports