橋田寿賀子さん、死去。

脚本家の橋田寿賀子さんが、悪性リンパ腫で亡くなった。

A prominent Japanese scriptwriter, Hashida Sugako, has died at the age of 95 of acute lymphoma.（急性リンパ腫）　

※prominent=卓越した、突出した、目立った、有名な →an acclaimed も

脚本家は、辞書では、screenwriter（映画・テレビ番組などの）やscenarist＝シナリオライターも

京城（現在のソウル）生まれで、松竹脚本部に勤務後、フリーの脚本家になられました。

Hashida was born in present-day Seoul, South Korea, in 1925.

She joined major Japanese film studio Shochiku in 1949 and later became a freelance scriptwriter of TV dramas.

代表作の一つは、ヤオハン創業者の和田カツさんをモデルにした「おしん」。アジアを中心に世界で放送されました。

The NHK morning drama series "Oshin" was aired in 1983 and 1984.　

The fictionalised drama, which went on to become an international hit, was based on the biography（伝記） of the Japanese woman who co-founded supermarket chain Yaohan.

It detailed her multiple hardships（幾多の試練、困難） from her childhood until her final days in the 1980s.

 "Oshin" not only won high acclaim in Japan but also gained popularity all over the world. It was aired in more than 60 countries and regions, mainly in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

もう一つの代表作は、1990年の放送開始から500話を超える長寿ドラマ「渡る世間は鬼ばかり」

Her other popular dramas include the long-running series "Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari," or “Making it Through,” a family drama which started in 1990 and aired more than 500 episodes.　

※Making It Through＝うまくやり遂げる、乗り越える　　　このドラマに英語タイトルがあったのですね！

タイトルは、『渡る世間に鬼はなし』　There is kindness to be found everywhere　の逆バージョン。

皮肉を込めたユーモアは人気で、嫁姑問題を描きました。

Hashida also earned support from housewives with her use of dry humor（皮肉を込めたユーモア） to portray families.　

She depicted very common issues in Japanese households such as the tensions between a housewife and her mother-in-law.（嫁姑問題）

歴史ドラマにも女性の視線を取り入れました。

The theme of a woman struggling to protect her family was also applied to a historical drama.　

In "Onna Taikoki," aired in 1981, she adopted a female perspective to depict Japan's Sengoku period of constant civil war and social upheaval that lasted between the 15th and 16th centuries, focusing on the life of Nene, the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the most prominent warlords of the period.

セリフが長いことで知られていたそうです。

Her scripts were known for lines that sometimes spanned over 10 pages.

脚本家として初の文化功労者（2015年）。昨年はこれも脚本分野初の文化勲章受章を受賞されました。

Hashida was named a Person of Cultural Merit in Japan in 2015, and she received the Japan Order of Culture last year.

92歳の時に「安楽死で死なせて下さい」を出版され、話題になりました。

In her later years, Hashida stirred controversy by publishing a book in 2017 revealing her wish to die by euthanasia, which is not legally recognized in Japan.

Hashida wrote a book asking for the right to die in dignity.

"Dying is the last job for humans. I want to decide it myself," she said in an interview.　According to her request, there will be no funeral.