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Early life
Iijima was born on September 3, 1932, in
Tokyo Prefecture
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. After graduating from
Tokyo Metropolitan Koishikawa Secondary Education School, he entered the Faculty of Letters at Keio University because he was interested in the playwright Michio Kato. At that time, Kato was teaching at the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Letters at the university, but committed suicide the next year. He chose the Department of English because he lost the significance of advancing to the Department of Japanese Literature.
Filmography
Director
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Ultra Q
is a tokusatsu science fiction kaiju series made in the tradition of Toho's many tokusatsu sci-fi/horror films.
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''Ultraman'' (1966)
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Return of Ultraman
is a List of Japanese television series, Japanese ''tokusatsu'' Science fiction on television, science fiction television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions. The fourth entry in the Ultra series, the series aired on Tokyo Broadcasting Syste ...
'' (1971)
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Daigoro vs. Goliath
is a 1972 Japanese tokusatsu ''kaiju'' film directed and written by Toshihiro Iijima, with special effects by Jun Oki and Minoru Nakano. Co-produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Toho Studios, the film stars Hiroshi Inuzuka and Akiji Kobayashi. ...
'' (1972)
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Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact'' (2001)
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Homecoming
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'' (2011)
Producer
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My Son! My Son!'' (1979)
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''24 Eyes'' (1987)
Screenwriter
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Daigoro vs. Goliath
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Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact'' (2001)
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References
External links
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1932 births
2021 deaths
Japanese film directors
Japanese television directors
Japanese screenwriters
Japanese film producers
People from Tokyo
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