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Tadasu Iizawa

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Iizawa Tadasu

ペンネーム: Tadasu Iizawa（Pen name used when anonymously writing scripts for NHK while employed at Asahi Shimbun）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1909-07-23 （Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan）
死没
1994-10-09 （Tokyo, Japan） 85歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Wakayama City (birthplace) → Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture → Koishikawa-Haramachi, Tokyo → Sugamo, Tokyo

経歴

職業
playwright, director, novelist, radio/TV scriptwriter, editor
活動期間
1932年〜1994年
所属団体
Japan Art Academy
影響を受けた人物
Keiro Miki (contemporary in broadcasting and drama)
ノミネート
Naoki Prize (29th shortlist: "Chodzume Kidan")

学歴

Bunka Gakuin
Art Department / Fine Arts
期間: 1928-1932
卒業年: 1932
国: Japan
After graduation advanced to specialized course (art)

受賞歴

NHK Radio Award
1943
対象作品: Saikai (Reunion)
主催: NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
結果: winner
Kishida Drama Award
1954
対象作品: No. 2
主催: Kishida Drama Award Committee
結果: winner
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
1954
対象作品: Hansel and Gretel
主催: Sankei Group
結果: winner
NHK Broadcasting Culture Award
1957
主催: NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
結果: winner
Yomiuri Literary Prize
1968
対象作品: Five Moyono
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: winner
Saita Takashi Playwright Prize
1969
対象作品: Minna no Kaari
主催: Saita Takashi Prize Committee
結果: winner
Onomiya Yoshiki Peace Play Prize
1970
対象作品: The Other Person
主催: Onomiya Prize Committee
結果: winner
Kinokuniya Theater Award
1973
対象作品: Mrs. Chin's Japanese Wife
主催: Kinokuniya Company
結果: winner
Mainichi Art Award
1979
対象作品: Night Laughter
主催: Mainichi Shimbun
結果: winner
Japan Art Academy (Member)
1983
主催: Japan Art Academy
結果: elected

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

No. 2

1954年 play

A play first staged by Bungakuza. Winner of the Kishida Drama Award in 1954.

satire of powersocial critique

Five Moyono

1967年 play

First staged by Bungakuza in 1967. A socially conscious ensemble play that won the Yomiuri Literary Prize.

societyhuman relationships

Night Laughter

1978年 play (script & direction)

A production staged at Youth Theatre. Won the Mainichi Art Award for its script and direction.

comedysocial satire

Boo Foo Woo

1960年 children's TV program (script)

An NHK puppet TV series. Puppets were designed by Shigemi Hijikata; the series ran for several years.

childrenimagination

全著作

  • Tadasu Iizawa: Selected Radio Dramas
  • No. 2
  • Bottom of the City
  • Where Is the Bride?
  • The Mad Beard
  • Iizawa Tadasu Kyogen Collection
  • Laughter as a Weapon
  • Collected Comedies of Tadasu Iizawa (6 vols.)

翻案

  • Totto TV (portrayal in TV drama)

作家による翻訳

  • The Adventures of Prince Ape (translation of Walter de la Mare)
  • The King's Favorite Pickle Pie (translation)

作風・主題

文体
satirical humorsocially critical depictionaccessible tone for children
頻出モチーフ
contrast between power and laughternuances of everyday lifechildren's characters

健康

  • unknown (fell ill in 1925 and was hospitalized in a sanatorium)
    1925-1926
    Hospitalization affected his schooling and academic progress

評価・遺産

Known for political satire plays and children's broadcast scripts, he left many plays and writings. Active in both broadcasting and theatre, he influenced Japanese drama and children's programming.

記念館・博物館

  • Chihiro Art Museum, Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

関連学会

  • Japan Art Academy

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (holds publications)
  • Zoshigaya Cemetery (grave)

大衆文化への影響

  • Contributions to NHK children's programs and character design remain influential
  • Portrayed in TV dramas such as Totto TV

豆知識

  • Real name was Isawa (伊澤) Noriki/Tadasu (伊澤 紀).
  • Used the pen name 'Tadasu Iizawa' to write anonymously for NHK while employed at Asahi Shimbun.
  • Worked across media: scripts for NHK children's shows, helped devise the Sato-chan mascot, and wrote lyrics for the 'Sony boy' song.