Naoki Sanjugo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 57 (1967) award
Ikushima Jiro
いくしま じろう
Ikushima Jirō
Aliases:
小泉太郎
Pen Names:
Ikushima Jiro（Pen name (real name: Koizumi Tarō)）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1933-01-25 （Shanghai, Republic of China）
- Died
- 2003-03-02 （Japan） age 70
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Shanghai, Republic of China → Nagasaki, Japan → Kanazawa, Japan → Yokohama, Japan → Tokyo, Japan → Kawasaki, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, translator, editor
- Active Years
- 1964-2001
- Affiliations
- Hayakawa Publishing (editor), Kodansha (publisher of debut), Mystery Writers of Japan (chairman 1989-1993)
- Memberships
- Mystery Writers of Japan
- Influenced By
- Lu Xun, Western hard‑boiled writers (genre influence)
- Influenced
- Subsequent Japanese hard‑boiled and adventure writers
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanagawa Prefectural Yokohama Dai-ni Middle School (now Kanagawa Prefectural Yokohama Suiran High School) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University, First Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters, First Division | Department of English Literature | — | 1951-1955 | Japan |
Kanagawa Prefectural Yokohama Dai-ni Middle School (now Kanagawa Prefectural Yokohama Suiran High School)
Country:
Japan
Attended after repatriation; later moved to Yokohama
Waseda University, First Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters, First Division
/ Department of English Literature
Period:
1951-1955
Year of Graduation:
1955
Country:
Japan
Graduation thesis on Jonathan Swift
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Naoki Prize (Naoki Sanjūgo Prize) | — | — | — | Winner |
Naoki Prize (Naoki Sanjūgo Prize)
1967
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kizuato no Machi
1964 Hard‑boiled fictionA hard‑boiled novel set in port districts featuring a ship chandler as protagonist; Ikushima's debut.
portscrimelonelinessrevenge
Adaptations
- [Film] Shobu wa Yorutsukero / 井上昭 (1964)
- [Film] Hatoba no Taka / 西村昭五郎 (1967)
Kōdo no Honryū
1965 Adventure fictionA notable entry in the Kurenai/Shingo series; an adventure novel with coming‑of‑age elements.
adventureyouthforeign locales
Oitsumeru
1967 Hard‑boiled / MysteryA gritty hard‑boiled novel about port interests and crime; winner of the 57th Naoki Prize.
crimetensionport interests
Adaptations
- [Film] Oitsumeru / 舛田利雄 (1972)
Katayoku dake no Tenshi
1984 Social novel / RomanceA principal work of the 'One‑Winged' series drawing on the author's personal experiences with a Korean woman; regarded as a modern myth by some critics.
loveinternational marriageextravaganceadultery
Adaptations
- [Film] Katayoku dake no Tenshi / 舛田利雄 (1986)
Shanghai Casablanca
2001 Adventure fictionA late entry in the Kurenai/Shingo series, set in Shanghai.
Shanghaiforeign localesadventure
Bibliography
- Kizuato no Machi
- Kōdo no Honryū
- Oitsumeru
- Katayoku dake no Tenshi
- Shanghai Casablanca
- Only the Dead Bleed
Adaptations
- Shobu wa Yorutsukero (film, 1964)
- Oitsumeru (film/TV adaptations, 1972 etc.)
- Katayoku dake no Tenshi (film, 1986)
Translations by Author
- Someone Like You (Roald Dahl) — Japanese translation (1957)
- The Wind of Time / Chad Oliver — translation (Hayakawa, 1960)
- The Green Eyes (Edna O'Brien) — Japanese translation (1966)
- The Fight (Norman Mailer) — Japanese translation (1976)
- Convoy (B.W.L. Norton) — Japanese translation (1978)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise, hard‑boiled proseFast‑paced adventure storytellingAn uncanny, peculiar tone in short stories
- Recurring Motifs
- port/foreign‑locale settingslonely male protagonistscrime and violenceexotic/foreign atmosphererevenge and reward
Health
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pneumonia2003年（発症 - 死去）Died of pneumonia in March 2003 (cause of death).
Legacy
Ikushima Jirō is regarded as one of the pioneers of hard‑boiled fiction in Japan. His Naoki Prize win helped legitimize the genre and adventure fiction; many of his works were adapted for film and television.
Academic Societies
- Mystery Writers of Japan
Archives
- National Diet Library (author file)
- Hayakawa Publishing editorial records (location unspecified)
In Popular Culture
- Numerous film and TV adaptations (e.g., Oitsumeru, Kizuato no Machi)
- Several works were adapted into V‑cinema and serial television dramas
Quotes
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Of course I am delighted, but as days pass I feel I have come to see my own attitude toward writing novels.
Source: Acceptance remarks / 57th Naoki Prize (1967) (1967) -
He is an unusually gifted writer of short stories. His distinctive 'peculiar taste' — portraying the uncertainty of existence and modern anxieties — is compelling.
Source: Shinichi Hoshi (introductory note) for 'Anata ni Akumu o' (You Have a Nightmare) (1974)
Trivia
- Real name: Koizumi Tarō.
- Pen name 'Ikushima Jirō' was given by Sōji Yūki; romanization is said to derive from an anagram of his real name.
- Worked as an editor at Hayakawa Publishing and helped launch the Japanese edition of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
- Winner of the 57th Naoki Prize (1967).
- Served as chairman of the Mystery Writers of Japan (1989–1993).