1. Takiji Kobayashi was a Japanese writer of proletarian literature.
11 Facts About Takiji Kobayashi
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Takiji Kobayashi is best known for his short novel Kanikosen, or Crab Cannery Ship, published in 1929.
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Also in 1929, Takiji Kobayashi published The Absentee Landlord, after having worked on several versions.
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Takiji Kobayashi then secluded himself at the Nanasawa Hot Spring in Kanagawa Prefecture.
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In October 1931, Takiji Kobayashi officially became a member of the outlawed Japan Communist Party.
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On February 20,1933, Takiji Kobayashi went to a meeting spot in Akasaka to meet with a fellow Communist Party member, who turned out to be a Tokko spy who had infiltrated the party.
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Takiji Kobayashi was taken to Tsukiji Police Station, where he was tortured.
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Police authorities announced the following day that Takiji Kobayashi had died of a heart attack.
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The larger Takiji Kobayashi Sai tend to be in locales that were important to Takiji Kobayashi's life like Otaru, Akita, and the Greater Tokyo Suginami-Nakano-Shibuya Memorials.
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Takiji Kobayashi Sai are evening events, and feature a musical program as well as talks on Takiji Kobayashi's life and works.
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Strike the Hour, Takiji is a documentary film on Kobayashi's life.