Minato Kanae

Minato Kanae

Minato Kanae (湊かなえ) was born on January, 1973 in Japan. Minato Kanae movies and tv shows: Yamaonna Nikki - Yama Fesu ni Ikou/Alps no Jou, Reverse, Yamaonna Nikki, Oufuku Shokan, Boukyou...
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First Name: Kanae
Family Name: Minato
Native Name: 湊かなえ
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Female
Born: January, 1973
Age: 45
Kanae Minato (湊 かなえ, born 1973) is a Japanese writer of crime fiction and thriller.

She started writing in her thirties. Her first novel Confessions (告白, Kokuhaku) became a bestseller and won the Japanese Booksellers Award. The movie Confession directed by Tetsuya Nakashima was nominated to 2011 Academy Award.

She has been described in Japan as "the queen of iyamisu"(eww mystery), a subgenre of mystery fiction which deals with grisly episodes and the dark side of human nature.