Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (1971) award
Tadashi Iijima
いいじま ただし
Iijima Tadashi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1902-03-05 （Tokyo）
- Died
- 1996-01-05 age 93
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, French
Career
- Occupations
- film critic, poet, university professor
- Active Years
- 1922-1996
- Affiliations
- Kinema Junpo (contributor), Waseda University, Faculty of Letters (professor)
- Influenced By
- Takashi Tatsuno, Alfred de Musset
- Influenced
- Norio Nagata, Kiyohide Ohara, Nobuo Shiga, Kenji Iwamoto, Masayuki Nishie
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dai-san High School (old system) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Tokyo Imperial University (University of Tokyo) | — | French Literature | — | — | Japan |
Dai-san High School (old system)
Country:
Japan
Entered the old-system Third High School
Tokyo Imperial University (University of Tokyo)
French Literature
Country:
Japan
Graduation thesis on Alfred de Musset
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Arts Festival (Minister of Education Award) | Avant-garde Film Theory and Avant-garde Art | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Kawakita Prize | — | — | Kawakita Memorial Film Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Mainichi Film Concours Special Award (posthumous) | — | — | Mainichi Film Awards | 特別賞（追贈） |
Arts Festival (Minister of Education Award)
1971
Work:
Avant-garde Film Theory and Avant-garde Art
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result:
受賞
Kawakita Prize
1993
Organization:
Kawakita Memorial Film Foundation
Result:
受賞
Mainichi Film Concours Special Award (posthumous)
1996
Organization:
Mainichi Film Awards
Result:
特別賞（追贈）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Cinema ABC
1928 film criticismAn early collection of film criticism that helped establish foundational approaches to film critique in Japan.
film theoryintroductory criticism
Avant-garde Film Theory and Avant-garde Art
1970 scholarship / criticismIijima's major work discussing the relationship between avant-garde film and avant-garde art. It was submitted as his doctoral dissertation.
avant-garde artfilm theorymodernism
Bibliography
- Cinema ABC
- Studies of Film
- Avant-garde Film Theory and Avant-garde Art
- The Chair in the Screening Room: My 50 Years of Film
- Literature in Film, Film in Literature
- The Film System of the Nouvelle Vague (3 vols.)
- My Meiji, Taisho, Showa: Autobiographical Essays
Translations by Author
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (translation)
- Liliom (translation)
- Mussolini: Terror Politics and Prison Escape (translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, clear prosecriticism that conveys arguments precisely
- Recurring Motifs
- film-centered cultural analysismodernismthe relation of form and feeling
Legacy
One of the pioneers of film criticism and film studies in Japan. As an educator he trained many film professionals and contributed to studies of avant-garde film and the Nouvelle Vague.
Archives
- Holdings at the National Diet Library
- Collections at Waseda University Library
Quotes
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Iijima is a clear-cut person. His uncontrived expression seems to speak of that — an honest, plain-spoken man.
Source: KajiI Motojiro (collected writings)
Trivia
- Born with family name Yoshida.
- Served as professor of theatre studies at Waseda University; retired in 1972 and became professor emeritus.
- Received the Arts Festival (Minister of Education Award) in 1971.
- Received the Kawakita Prize in 1993.