- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 20, 1915
- Place of Birth
- Mie, Japan
- Died
- February 13, 2008
Kon Ichikawa
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
movieThe Magic Hour
2008 · Film Director
movieTen Nights of Dreams
2007 · Director
movieEnlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
2007 · Director
movieMurder of the Inugami Clan
2006 · Director, Writer
movieThe Kon Ichikawa Story
2006 · Himself
movieMusume no kekkon
2003 · Director
movieTen Dark Women
2002 · Director
tvThe Life of Bangaku
2002 · Director
movieKah-chan
2001 · Director
movieKurosawa
2000 · Self
movieDora-heita
2000 · Director, Screenplay
movieShinsengumi
2000 · Director, Writer
Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema
movieKon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema
1999 · Interviewee
movieThe 8-Tomb Village
1996 · Director, Screenplay
Un bel dì vedremo
movieUn bel dì vedremo
1996 · Story
movieFusa
1995 · Director, Writer
movie47 Ronin
1994 · Screenplay, Director
movieKogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993 · Director, Screenplay
movieNoh Mask Murders
1991 · Director, Screenplay
movieCrane
1988 · Writer, Director
moviePrincess from the Moon
1987 · Director, Writer
movieActress
1987 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Hall of the Crying Deer
1986 · Director, Writer
movieThe Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986 · Co-Director
movieThe Burmese Harp
1985 · Director
movieOhan
1984 · Writer, Executive Producer, Director
movieThe Makioka Sisters
1983 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
movieLonely Heart
1981 · Screenplay, Director
movieKoto: The Ancient City
1980 · Writer, Director
movieGalaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979 · Screenplay
movieThe House of Hanging
1979 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Phoenix
1978 · Director
movieQueen Bee
1978 · Director, Writer
movieIsland of Hell
1977 · Executive Producer, Director
movieLullaby to Kill
1977 · Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
movieThe Inugami Family
1976 · Director, Screenplay
movieBetween Women and Wives
1976 · Director
movieI Am a Cat
1975 · Director
movieVisions of Eight
1973 · Narrator, Director
movieThe Wanderers
1973 · Director, Producer's Assistant, Screenplay
tvKogarashi Monjiro
1972 · Director, Writer, Creator
movieTo Love Again
1971 · Director
movieDodes'ka-den
1970 · Executive Producer
Japan and the Japanese
movieJapan and the Japanese
1970 · Director
movieKyoto
1969 · Director
movieYouth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
1968 · Director
movieTopo Gigio and the Missile War
1967 · Writer, Director
movieThe Tale of Genji
1966 · Director
movieTokyo Olympiad
1965 · Writer, Director, Thanks
movieThe Money Dance
1964 · Director, Screenplay
movieAlone Across the Pacific
1963 · Director
movieAn Actor's Revenge
1963 · Director
movieBeing Two Isn't Easy
1962 · Producer, Director
movieThe Broken Commandment
1962 · Director
movieTen Dark Women
1961 · Director
movieHer Brother
1960 · Director
movieThe Woman Who Touched Legs
1960 · Writer, Executive Producer
movieBonchi
1960 · Screenplay, Director
movieA Woman's Testament
1960 · Director
movieFires on the Plain
1959 · Director
movieOdd Obsession
1959 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
movieGoodbye, Hello
1959 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieConflagration
1958 · Director, Screenplay
movieHole in One
1957 · Writer, Director
movieThe Men of Toho-ku
1957 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Crowded Train
1957 · Director, Screenplay
movieBridge of Japan
1956 · Director
moviePunishment Room
1956 · Director
movieThe Burmese Harp
1956 · Director
movieThe Heart
1955 · Director
movieGhost Story of Youth
1955 · Director
movie12 Chapters About Women
1954 · Director
movieA Billionaire
1954 · Director, Writer
movieAll of Myself
1954 · Director, Writer
movieThe Lovers
1953 · Director, Writer
movieYouth of Heiji Senigata
1953 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Blue Revolution
1953 · Director
movieMr. Pu
1953 · Director, Writer
movieThis Way, That Way
1952 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952 · Screenplay, Director
movieForbidden Path
1952 · Screenplay, Director
movieMr. Lucky
1952 · Director
movieWedding March
1951 · Director, Writer
movieBengawan Solo
1951 · Director, Writer
movieStolen Love
1951 · Writer, Director
movieThe Man Without a Nationality
1951 · Director
movieKoibito
1951 · Writer, Director
movieNightshade Flower
1951 · Screenplay, Director
moviePursuit At Dawn
1950 · Story, Director
movieHeat and Mud
1950 · Director, Screenplay
movieSanshiro of Ginza
1950 · Director
movieEndless Passion
1949 · Director
movieNingen moyo
1949 · Director
movie365 Nights: Osaka
1948 · Director
movie365 Nights: Tokyo
1948 · Director
movie365 Nights
1948 · Director
movieA Flower Blooms
1948 · Director
movieA Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Director, Writer
movieA Girl At Dojo Temple
1946 · Director
movieWorld of Love
1943 · Assistant Director
movieHyoroku's Dream Tale
1943 · Production Manager
movieEnoken's Bow-Wow General
1940 · Assistant Director
movieOld Songs
1939 · Assistant Director
movieFallen Blossoms
1938 · Assistant Director
movieShinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
1936 · Writer, Director
Cowardly samurai squad
movieCowardly samurai squad
1935 · Animation