Kon Ichikawa

Director

Born: November 20, 1915
Died: February 13, 2008 (age 92)
From: Mie, Japan

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.

Filmography (94)

The Magic Hour (2008)
Film Director
Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)
Director
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams (2007)
Director
Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006)
Director
The Kon Ichikawa Story (2006)
Himself
Musume no kekkon (2003)
Director
Ten Dark Women (2002)
Director
Kah-chan (2001)
Director
Kurosawa (2000)
Self
Dora-heita (2000)
Director
Shinsengumi (2000)
Director
Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema
Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema (1999)
Interviewee
The 8-Tomb Village (1996)
Director
Fusa (1995)
Director
47 Ronin (1994)
Director
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (1993)
Director
Noh Mask Murders (1991)
Director
戦艦大和
戦艦大和 (1990)
Director
Crane (1988)
Director
Princess from the Moon (1987)
Director
Actress (1987)
Director
The Hall of the Crying Deer (1986)
Director
The Burmese Harp (1985)
Director
Ohan (1984)
Director
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Director
Lonely Heart (1981)
Director
Koto: The Ancient City (1980)
Director
The House of Hanging (1979)
Director
The Phoenix (1978)
Director
Queen Bee (1978)
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