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.
Known For
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
(2001)
Kah-chan
Director
(2000)
Dora-heita
Director, Screenplay
(2000)
Shinsengumi
Director, Writer
(1996)
The 8-Tomb Village
Screenplay, Director
(1996)
Un bel dì vedremo
Story
(1994)
47 Ronin
Director, Screenplay
(1993)
Fusa
Director, Writer
(1993)
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Director, Screenplay
(1991)
Noh Mask Murders
Director, Screenplay
(1988)
Crane
Director, Writer
(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
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
(1983)
The Makioka Sisters
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
(1981)
Lonely Heart
Director, Screenplay
(1980)
Koto: The Ancient City
Director, Writer
(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
Director, Writer
(1965)
Tokyo Olympiad
Director, Writer, 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
Director, Producer
(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, Screenplay, Story
(1958)
Conflagration
Director, Writer
(1957)
Hole in One
Director, Writer
(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
Director, Screenplay
(1952)
Mr. Lucky
Director
(1952)
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Screenplay, Director
(1952)
This Way, That Way
Director, Screenplay
(1952)
Forbidden Path
Director, Screenplay
(1951)
Koibito
Writer, Director
(1951)
The Man Without a Nationality
Director
(1951)
Stolen Love
Director, Writer
(1951)
Bengawan Solo
Director, Writer
(1951)
Wedding March
Director, Writer
(1951)
Nightshade Flower
Director, Screenplay
(1950)
Pursuit At Dawn
Director, Story
(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