Directing
Kon Ichikawa
JA, EN, IT cinema · 107 credits
Born
20 November 1915
Died
13 February 2008 (aged 92)
Birthplace
Mie, Japan
Also known as 이치카와 곤 · Кон Итикава · 久里子亭 · 市川儀一 · 大川新之助 · 市川秋六
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
Filmography
The Magic Hour
as Film Director
Ten Nights of Dreams
Director
The Kon Ichikawa Story
as Himself
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Director, Writer
Musume no kekkon
Director
Ten Dark Women
Director
Kah-chan
Director
Kurosawa
as Self
Dora-heita
Director, Screenplay
Shinsengumi
Director, Writer
The 8-Tomb Village
Director, Screenplay
Fusa
Director, Writer
47 Ronin
Screenplay, Director
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Director, Screenplay
Noh Mask Murders
Director, Screenplay
Battleship Yamato
Director, Screenplay
Crane
Writer, Director
Princess from the Moon
Director, Writer
Actress
Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Co-Director
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Director, Writer
The Burmese Harp
Director
Ohan
Writer, Executive Producer, Director
The Makioka Sisters
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Lonely Heart
Screenplay, Director
Koto: The Ancient City
Writer, Director
The House of Hanging
Director, Screenplay
The Phoenix
Director
Queen Bee
Director, Writer
Lullaby to Kill
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Island of Hell
Executive Producer, Director
The Inugami Family
Director, Screenplay
I Am a Cat
Director
Visions of Eight
as Narrator, Director
The Wanderers
Director, Producer's Assistant, Screenplay
To Love Again
Director
Dodes'ka-den
Executive Producer
Kyoto
Director
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
Writer, Director
The Tale of Genji
Director
Tokyo Olympiad
Writer, Director, Thanks
The Money Dance
Director, Screenplay
An Actor's Revenge
Director
Being Two Isn't Easy
Producer, Director
Ten Women in Black
Director
Her Brother
Director
A Woman's Testament
Director
Bonchi
Screenplay, Director
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Writer, Executive Producer
Fires on the Plain
Director
Odd Obsession
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Goodbye, Hello
Director, Story, Screenplay
Conflagration
Director, Screenplay
Edo wa aozora
Adaptation
Hole in One
Writer, Director
The Crowded Train
Director, Screenplay
The Men of Toho-ku
Director, Screenplay
The Burmese Harp
Director
Punishment Room
Director
Bridge of Japan
Director
The Heart
Director
A Billionaire
Director, Writer
All of Myself
Director, Writer
Mr. Pu
Director, Writer
The Lovers
Director, Writer
The Blue Revolution
Director
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Screenplay, Director
Mr. Lucky
Director
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Screenplay, Director
This Way, That Way
Screenplay, Director
Forbidden Path
Screenplay, Director
Koibito
Writer, Director
Stolen Love
Writer, Director
Wedding March
Director, Writer
Bengawan Solo
Director, Writer
Nightshade Flower
Screenplay, Director
Pursuit At Dawn
Story, Director
Sanshiro of Ginza
Director
Heat and Mud
Director, Screenplay
Endless Passion
Director
Ningen moyo
Director
365 Nights
Director
A Flower Blooms
Director
365 Nights: Osaka
Director
365 Nights: Tokyo
Director
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Director, Writer
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
Production Manager
World of Love
Assistant Director
Enoken's Bow-Wow General
Assistant Director
Old Songs
Assistant Director
Fallen Blossoms
Assistant Director
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
Writer, Director