Ryō Hanmura (半村 良) was a Japanese science fiction, fantasy, and horror author. His name is alternatively transliterated as Ryō Hammura. While he wrote books as Ryō Hanmura his real name was. He won the first Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature for his novel in 1973. He won the Naoki Prize for his 1975 novel. He won also the 1988 Nihon SF Taisho Award. One of his novels was the basis of the 1979 film. A series of role-playing video games called is loosely based on his novel by the same name.

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