Junpei Gomikawa was the pen name of Japanese novelist Kurita Shigeru. He is best known for his 1958 World War II novel The Human Condition, which became a best seller. Gomikawa's novel became the basis for Masaki Kobayashi's film trilogy The Human Condition as well as a radio drama. Another novel by Gomikawa, the eighteen-volume Men and War, formed the basis for Satsuo Yamamoto's 1970-1973 film trilogy of the same name.
