Toshihiro Iijima

{{Short description|Japanese director, producer and screenwriter (1932–2021)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Toshihiro Iijima

| image = Toshihiro Iijima.jpg

| caption = Iijima in 2017

| native_name = 飯島 敏宏

| native_name_lang = Japanese

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|9|3}}

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|17|1932|09|03}}

| occupation = Director, producer, screenwriter

| years_active = 1957–2011

| known_for = Ultraman

| notable_works = Ultra Q
Ultraman
Ultraseven
Return of Ultraman
Daigoro vs. Goliath
Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact

}}

{{Nihongo|Toshihiro Iijima|飯島 敏宏|Toshihiro Iijima|September 3, 1932 – October 17, 2021|lead=yes}},{{cite web|title=Ultra Q/Ultraman Director Toshihiro Iijima Passes Away|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-18/ultra-q-ultraman-director-toshihiro-iijima-passes-away/.178572|website=Anime News Network|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=October 18, 2021|access-date=October 18, 2021}} also known by the names {{Nihongo|Kitao Senzoku|千束 北男|Senzoku Kitao}},{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/170019439|title=Urutoraman Makkusu : Makkusu! Makkusu! Makkusu! kaijū daigahō|date=2006|publisher=Asahi Sonorama|others=Uchūsen Henshūbu, Tsuburaya Purodakushon, 宇宙船編集部., 円谷プロダクション.|isbn=4-257-03735-0|location=Tōkyō|oclc=170019439}}PERFECT MOOK vol.10 Ultraman A Kodansha Kodansha Series MOOK, November 25, 2020. ISBN 978-4-06-520932-5{{Cite web|title=飯島敏宏|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0328670.htm|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.jmdb.ne.jp}} and {{Nihongo|Jōtarō Jitōin|持統院丈太郎|Jitōin Jōtarō}}, was a Japanese film and television director, producer, and screenwriter.

Early life

Iijima was born on September 3, 1932, in Tokyo Prefecture. 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

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