Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows playwright Kohei Tsuka during an audition of actors for a play in Seoul, South Korea, in December 1998. Tsuka died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010.

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows playwright Kohei Tsuka during a press conference in Tokyo after receiving the Naoki Prize for his novel ''Kamata Koshinkyoku'' in January 1982. Tsuka died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010.

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows playwright Kohei Tsuka (C) during a rehearsal of a play in Seoul, South Korea, in April 1999. Tsuka died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010.

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in April 2007 shows playwright Kohei Tsuka, who died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010.

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows playwright Kohei Tsuka during an audition of actors for a play in Seoul, South Korea, in December 1998. Tsuka died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010. (Kyodo)

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows playwright Kohei Tsuka (C) during a rehearsal of a play in Seoul, South Korea, in April 1999. Tsuka died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010. (Kyodo)

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in April 2007 shows playwright Kohei Tsuka, who died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010. (Kyodo)

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

Playwright Kohei Tsuka dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows playwright Kohei Tsuka during a press conference in Tokyo after receiving the Naoki Prize for his novel ''Kamata Koshinkyoku'' in January 1982. Tsuka died of lung cancer at the age of 62 on July 10, 2010. (Kyodo)