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Kon Ichikawa

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

20/11/1915

Day of Death

13/02/2008
(93) years old

Place of Birth

Mie, Japan

Kon Ichikawa

Biography

Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films The Burmese Harp and Fires on the Plain, to the documentary Tokyo Olympiad, which won two BAFTA Film Awards, and the 19th-century revenge drama An Actor's Revenge.

Known For

The Magic Hour

The Kon Ichikawa Story

Kurosawa

Visions of Eight

Filmography

Cast

2008

The Magic Hour

as Film Director

2006

The Kon Ichikawa Story

as Himself

2000

Kurosawa

as Self

1999

Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema

as Interviewee

1973

Visions of Eight

as Narrator

Crew

2007

Ten Nights of Dreams

as Director

2007

Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams

as Director

2006

Murder of the Inugami Clan

as Writer

2006

Murder of the Inugami Clan

as Director

2003

Musume no kekkon

as Director

2002

Ten Dark Women

as Director

2001

Kah-chan

as Director

2000

Dora-heita

as Director

2000

Dora-heita

as Screenplay

2000

Shinsengumi

as Director

2000

Shinsengumi

as Writer

1996

The 8-Tomb Village

as Screenplay

1996

The 8-Tomb Village

as Director

1996

Un bel dì vedremo

as Story

1995

Fusa

as Director

1995

Fusa

as Writer

1994

47 Ronin

as Director

1994

47 Ronin

as Screenplay

1993

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

as Director

1993

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

as Screenplay

1991

Noh Mask Murders

as Screenplay

1991

Noh Mask Murders

as Director

1988

Crane

as Director

1988

Crane

as Writer

1987

Princess from the Moon

as Director

1987

Princess from the Moon

as Writer

1987

Actress

as Writer

1987

Actress

as Director

1987

Actress

as Producer

1986

The Hall of the Crying Deer

as Writer

1986

The Hall of the Crying Deer

as Director

1986

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

as Co-Director

1985

The Burmese Harp

as Director

1984

Ohan

as Executive Producer

1984

Ohan

as Director

1984

Ohan

as Writer

1983

The Makioka Sisters

as Director

1983

The Makioka Sisters

as Writer

1983

The Makioka Sisters

as Executive Producer

1981

Lonely Heart

as Screenplay

1981

Lonely Heart

as Director

1980

Koto: The Ancient City

as Writer

1980

Koto: The Ancient City

as Director

1979

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

as Screenplay

1979

The House of Hanging

as Director

1979

The House of Hanging

as Screenplay

1978

The Phoenix

as Director

1978

Queen Bee

as Director

1978

Queen Bee

as Writer

1977

Island of Hell

as Executive Producer

1977

Island of Hell

as Director

1977

Lullaby to Kill

as Screenplay

1977

Lullaby to Kill

as Director

1977

Lullaby to Kill

as Executive Producer

1976

The Inugami Family

as Director

1976

The Inugami Family

as Screenplay

1976

Tsuma to onna no aida

as Director

1975

I Am a Cat

as Director

1973

Visions of Eight

as Director

1973

The Wanderers

as Director

1973

The Wanderers

as Producer's Assistant

1973

The Wanderers

as Screenplay

1971

To Love Again

as Director

1970

Dodes'ka-den

as Executive Producer

1970

Japan and the Japanese

as Director

1969

Kyoto

as Director

1968

Youth: The 50th National High School Bas...

as Director

1967

Topo Gigio and the Missile War

as Writer

1967

Topo Gigio and the Missile War

as Director

1965

Tokyo Olympiad

as Director

1965

Tokyo Olympiad

as Writer

1965

Tokyo Olympiad

as Thanks

1964

The Money Dance

as Director

1964

The Money Dance

as Screenplay

1963

Alone Across the Pacific

as Director

1963

An Actor's Revenge

as Director

1962

Being Two Isn't Easy

as Director

1962

Being Two Isn't Easy

as Producer

1962

The Broken Commandment

as Director

1961

Ten Dark Women

as Director

1960

Her Brother

as Director

1960

The Woman Who Touched Legs

as Writer

1960

Bonchi

as Screenplay

1960

Bonchi

as Director

1960

A Woman's Testament

as Director

1959

Fires on the Plain

as Director

1959

Odd Obsession

as Director

1959

Odd Obsession

as Editor

1959

Odd Obsession

as Screenplay

1959

Goodbye, Hello

as Screenplay

1959

Goodbye, Hello

as Director

1959

Goodbye, Hello

as Story

1958

Conflagration

as Director

1958

Conflagration

as Writer

1957

Hole in One

as Writer

1957

Hole in One

as Director

1957

The Crowded Train

as Director

1957

The Crowded Train

as Screenplay

1956

Bridge of Japan

as Director

1956

Punishment Room

as Director

1956

The Burmese Harp

as Director

1955

The Heart

as Director

1955

Ghost Story of Youth

as Director

1954

12 Chapters About Women

as Director

1954

A Billionaire

as Director

1954

A Billionaire

as Writer

1954

All of Myself

as Director

1954

All of Myself

as Writer

1953

The Lovers

as Writer

1953

The Lovers

as Director

1953

Youth of Heiji Senigata

as Director

1953

Youth of Heiji Senigata

as Screenplay

1953

The Blue Revolution

as Director

1953

Mr. Pu

as Director

1953

Mr. Pu

as Writer

1952

This Way, That Way

as Director

1952

This Way, That Way

as Screenplay

1952

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

as Screenplay

1952

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

as Director

1952

Forbidden Path

as Screenplay

1952

Forbidden Path

as Director

1952

Mr. Lucky

as Director

1951

Wedding March

as Director

1951

Wedding March

as Writer

1951

Bengawan Solo

as Writer

1951

Bengawan Solo

as Director

1951

Stolen Love

as Director

1951

Stolen Love

as Writer

1951

The Man Without a Nationality

as Director

1951

Koibito

as Writer

1951

Koibito

as Director

1951

Nightshade Flower

as Screenplay

1951

Nightshade Flower

as Director

1950

Pursuit At Dawn

as Story

1950

Pursuit At Dawn

as Director

1950

Heat and Mud

as Director

1950

Heat and Mud

as Screenplay

1950

Sanshiro of Ginza

as Director

1949

Endless Passion

as Director

1949

Ningen moyo

as Director

1948

365 Nights

as Director

1948

A Flower Blooms

as Director

1947

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

as Director

1947

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

as Writer

1946

A Girl At Dojo Temple

as Director

1943

World of Love

as Assistant Director

1943

Hyoroku's Dream Tale

as Production Manager

1940

Enoken's Bow-Wow General

as Assistant Director

1939

Old Songs

as Assistant Director

1938

Fallen Blossoms

as Assistant Director

1936

Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

as Writer

1936

Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

as Director

1935

Cowardly samurai squad

as Animation