About Tadashi Iijima
Lived 1902 – 1996 (aged 93). Tadashi Iijima was a Japanese poet, film critic, screenwriter, literary scholar, writer and film scholar.
was a Japanese film critic and screenwriter. He has been called "a leader who established film criticism and film research in Japan".
Career After graduating from the Tokyo Prefectural First Middle School (now Hibiya High School), he attended the Third High School (later becoming part of Kyoto University), where he shared a room with Motojiro Kajii. Iijima had already begun publishing film criticism even before he graduated from the Department of French Literature at the University of Tokyo in 1929, joining the editorial board of Kinema Junpo in 1922. In 1993, he received the 11th Kawakita Award,
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Who was Tadashi Iijima?
Japanese poet
When was Tadashi Iijima born?
Tadashi Iijima was born on 5 March 1902 in Tokyo.
When did Tadashi Iijima die?
Tadashi Iijima died on 5 January 1996.
What was Tadashi Iijima's occupation?
Tadashi Iijima was a poet, film critic, screenwriter, literary scholar, writer and film scholar.
What nationality was Tadashi Iijima?
Tadashi Iijima was Japanese.
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