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Kon Ichikawa

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
5

Gender
Male

Birthday
November 20, 1915 (110 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

Directing

2007Ten Nights of Dreams...Director
2007Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams...Director
2006Murder of the Inugami Clan...Director
2003Musume no kekkon...Director
2002Ten Dark Women...Director
2002The Life of Bangaku...Director
2001Kah-chan...Director
2000Dora-heita...Director
2000Shinsengumi...Director
1996The 8-Tomb Village...Director
1995Fusa...Director
199447 Ronin...Director
1993Kogarashi Monjirō Returns...Director
1991Noh Mask Murders...Director
1988Crane...Director
1987Princess from the Moon...Director
1987Actress...Director
1986The Hall of the Crying Deer...Director
1986The Adventures of Milo and Otis...Co-Director
1985The Burmese Harp...Director
1984Ohan...Director
1983The Makioka Sisters...Director
1981Lonely Heart...Director
1980Koto: The Ancient City...Director
1979The House of Hanging...Director
1978The Phoenix...Director
1978Queen Bee...Director
1977Island of Hell...Director
1977Lullaby to Kill...Director
1976The Inugami Family...Director
1976Between Women and Wives...Director
1975I Am a Cat...Director
1973Visions of Eight...Director
1973The Wanderers...Director
1972Kogarashi Monjiro...Director
1971To Love Again...Director
1970Japan and the Japanese...Director
1969Kyoto...Director
1968Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament...Director
1967Topo Gigio and the Missile War...Director
1966The Tale of Genji...Director
1965Tokyo Olympiad...Director
1964The Money Dance...Director
1963Alone Across the Pacific...Director
1963An Actor's Revenge...Director
1962Being Two Isn't Easy...Director
1962The Broken Commandment...Director
1961Ten Dark Women...Director
1960Her Brother...Director
1960Bonchi...Director
1960A Woman's Testament...Director
1959Fires on the Plain...Director
1959Odd Obsession...Director
1959Goodbye, Hello...Director
1958Conflagration...Director
1957Hole in One...Director
1957The Men of Toho-ku...Director
1957The Crowded Train...Director
1956Bridge of Japan...Director
1956Punishment Room...Director
1956The Burmese Harp...Director
1955The Heart...Director
1955Ghost Story of Youth...Director
195412 Chapters About Women...Director
1954A Billionaire...Director
1954All of Myself...Director
1953The Lovers...Director
1953Youth of Heiji Senigata...Director
1953The Blue Revolution...Director
1953Mr. Pu...Director
1952This Way, That Way...Director
1952The Woman Who Touched the Legs...Director
1952Forbidden Path...Director
1952Mr. Lucky...Director
1951Wedding March...Director
1951Bengawan Solo...Director
1951Stolen Love...Director
1951The Man Without a Nationality...Director
1951Koibito...Director
1951Nightshade Flower...Director
1950Pursuit At Dawn...Director
1950Heat and Mud...Director
1950Sanshiro of Ginza...Director
1949Endless Passion...Director
1949Ningen moyo...Director
1948365 Nights: Osaka...Director
1948365 Nights: Tokyo...Director
1948365 Nights...Director
1948A Flower Blooms...Director
1947A Thousand and One Nights with Toho...Director
1946A Girl At Dojo Temple...Director
1943World of Love...Assistant Director
1940Enoken's Bow-Wow General...Assistant Director
1939Old Songs...Assistant Director
1938Fallen Blossoms...Assistant Director
1936Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama...Director

Writing

2006Murder of the Inugami Clan...Writer
2000Dora-heita...Screenplay
2000Shinsengumi...Writer
1996The 8-Tomb Village...Screenplay
1996Un bel dì vedremo...Story
1995Fusa...Writer
199447 Ronin...Screenplay
1993Kogarashi Monjirō Returns...Screenplay
1991Noh Mask Murders...Screenplay
1988Crane...Writer
1987Princess from the Moon...Writer
1987Actress...Screenplay
1986The Hall of the Crying Deer...Writer
1984Ohan...Writer
1983The Makioka Sisters...Writer
1981Lonely Heart...Screenplay
1980Koto: The Ancient City...Writer
1979Galaxy Express 999: The Movie...Screenplay
1979The House of Hanging...Screenplay
1978Queen Bee...Writer
1977Lullaby to Kill...Screenplay
1976The Inugami Family...Screenplay
1973The Wanderers...Screenplay
1972Kogarashi Monjiro...Writer
1967Topo Gigio and the Missile War...Writer
1965Tokyo Olympiad...Writer
1964The Money Dance...Screenplay
1960The Woman Who Touched Legs...Writer
1960Bonchi...Screenplay
1959Odd Obsession...Screenplay
1959Goodbye, Hello...Screenplay
1959Goodbye, Hello...Story
1958Conflagration...Screenplay
1957Hole in One...Writer
1957The Men of Toho-ku...Screenplay
1957The Crowded Train...Screenplay
1954A Billionaire...Writer
1954All of Myself...Writer
1953The Lovers...Writer
1953Youth of Heiji Senigata...Screenplay
1953Mr. Pu...Writer
1952This Way, That Way...Screenplay
1952The Woman Who Touched the Legs...Screenplay
1952Forbidden Path...Screenplay
1951Wedding March...Writer
1951Bengawan Solo...Writer
1951Stolen Love...Writer
1951Koibito...Writer
1951Nightshade Flower...Screenplay
1950Pursuit At Dawn...Story
1950Heat and Mud...Screenplay
1947A Thousand and One Nights with Toho...Writer
1936Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama...Writer

Production

1987Actress...Producer
1984Ohan...Executive Producer
1983The Makioka Sisters...Executive Producer
1977Island of Hell...Executive Producer
1977Lullaby to Kill...Executive Producer
1973The Wanderers...Producer's Assistant
1970Dodes'ka-den...Executive Producer
1962Being Two Isn't Easy...Producer
1960The Woman Who Touched Legs...Executive Producer
1943Hyoroku's Dream Tale...Production Manager

Creator

1972Kogarashi Monjiro...Creator

Crew

1965Tokyo Olympiad...Thanks

Editing

1959Odd Obsession...Editor

Visual Effects

1935Cowardly samurai squad...Animation

Acting

2008The Magic Houras Film Director
2006The Kon Ichikawa Storyas Himself
2000Kurosawaas Self
1999Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinemaas Interviewee
1973Visions of Eightas Narrator