Kon Ichikawa
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-11-20
Day of Death
2008-02-13 (92 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.
Acting
(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
Director
(2007)
(2006)
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Director, Writer
(2003)
Musume no kekkon
Director
(2002)
Ten Dark Women
Director
(2001)
Kah-chan
Director
(2000)
Dora-heita
Director, Screenplay
(2000)
Shinsengumi
Director, Writer
(1996)
The 8-Tomb Village
Director, Screenplay
(1996)
Un bel dì vedremo
Story
(1995)
Fusa
Director, Writer
(1994)
47 Ronin
Screenplay, Director
(1993)
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Director, Screenplay
(1991)
Noh Mask Murders
Director, Screenplay
(1988)
Crane
Writer, Director
(1987)
Princess from the Moon
Director, Writer
(1987)
Actress
Director, Writer, Producer
(1986)
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Co-Director
(1986)
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Director, Writer
(1985)
The Burmese Harp
Director
(1984)
Ohan
Writer, Executive Producer, Director
(1983)
The Makioka Sisters
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
(1981)
Lonely Heart
Screenplay, Director
(1980)
Koto: The Ancient City
Writer, Director
(1979)
The House of Hanging
Director, Screenplay
(1979)
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Screenplay
(1978)
The Phoenix
Director
(1978)
Queen Bee
Director, Writer
(1977)
Lullaby to Kill
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
(1977)
Island of Hell
Executive Producer, Director
(1976)
The Inugami Family
Director, Screenplay
(1976)
Tsuma to onna no aida
Director
(1975)
I Am a Cat
Director
(1973)
Visions of Eight
Director
(1973)
The Wanderers
Director, Producer's Assistant, Screenplay
(1971)
To Love Again
Director
(1970)
Japan and the Japanese
Director
(1970)
Dodes'ka-den
Executive Producer
(1969)
Kyoto
Director
(1968)
(1967)
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
Writer, Director
(1965)
Tokyo Olympiad
Writer, Director, Thanks
(1964)
The Money Dance
Director, Screenplay
(1963)
An Actor's Revenge
Director
(1963)
Alone Across the Pacific
Director
(1962)
The Broken Commandment
Director
(1962)
Being Two Isn't Easy
Producer, Director
(1961)
Ten Dark Women
Director
(1960)
Her Brother
Director
(1960)
A Woman's Testament
Director
(1960)
Bonchi
Screenplay, Director
(1960)
(1959)
Fires on the Plain
Director
(1959)
Odd Obsession
Director, Editor, Screenplay
(1959)
Goodbye, Hello
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1958)
Conflagration
Director, Writer
(1957)
Hole in One
Writer, Director
(1957)
The Crowded Train
Director, Screenplay
(1956)
The Burmese Harp
Director
(1956)
Punishment Room
Director
(1956)
Bridge of Japan
Director
(1955)
The Heart
Director
(1955)
Ghost Story of Youth
Director
(1954)
A Billionaire
Director, Writer
(1954)
All of Myself
Director, Writer
(1954)
12 Chapters About Women
Director
(1953)
Mr. Pu
Director, Writer
(1953)
The Lovers
Director, Writer
(1953)
The Blue Revolution
Director
(1953)
Youth of Heiji Senigata
Screenplay, Director
(1952)
Mr. Lucky
Director
(1952)
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Screenplay, Director
(1952)
This Way, That Way
Screenplay, Director
(1952)
Forbidden Path
Screenplay, Director
(1951)
Koibito
Writer, Director
(1951)
The Man Without a Nationality
Director
(1951)
Stolen Love
Writer, Director
(1951)
Wedding March
Director, Writer
(1951)
Bengawan Solo
Director, Writer
(1951)
Nightshade Flower
Screenplay, Director
(1950)
Pursuit At Dawn
Story, Director
(1950)
Sanshiro of Ginza
Director
(1950)
Heat and Mud
Director, Screenplay
(1949)
Endless Passion
Director
(1949)
Ningen moyo
Director
(1948)
365 Nights
Director
(1948)
A Flower Blooms
Director
(1947)
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Director, Writer
(1946)
A Girl At Dojo Temple
Director
(1943)
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
Production Manager
(1943)
World of Love
Assistant Director
(1940)
Enoken's Bow-Wow General
Assistant Director
(1939)
Old Songs
Assistant Director
(1938)
Fallen Blossoms
Assistant Director
(1936)
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
Writer, Director
(1935)
Cowardly samurai squad
Animation