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  "id": 10404300,
  "title": "‘Kita no Kuni kara’ screenwriter So Kuramoto dies at 91",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/kita-no-kuni-kara-screenwriter-so-kuramoto-dies-at-91-10404300",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-28T08:15:00.000Z",
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    "name": "Japan Times",
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  "summary": "The Tokyo native moved in 1977 to Furano, Hokkaido, where \"Kita no Kuni Kara\" — which depicts a family living in harmony with nature — was set.",
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        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Japanese screenwriter Kuramoto dies at 91",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/japanese-screenwriter-kuramoto-dies-at-91",
        "published": "2026-09-28T04:07:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Nippon.com News",
        "title": "\"Kita no Kuni kara\" Screenwriter So Kuramoto Dies at 91",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/kita-no-kuni-kara-screenwriter-so-kuramoto-dies-at-91",
        "published": "2026-09-28T07:07:09.000Z"
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