Kon Ichikawa
Born
20 November 1915 (110)
Place of Birth
Mie, Japan
Also known as
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.
Filmography (40)
The Magic Hour
2008
Ten Nights of Dreams
2007
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
2007
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Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006
The Kon Ichikawa Story
2006
Musume no kekkon
2003
Ten Dark Women
2002
🎬 Director
Kah-chan
2001
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Kurosawa
2000
Dora-heita
2000
Shinsengumi
2000
🎬 DirectorKon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema
1999
The 8-Tomb Village
1996
Fusa
1995
47 Ronin
1994
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993
Noh Mask Murders
1991
Crane
1988
Princess from the Moon
1987
Actress
1987
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
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The Burmese Harp
1985
Ohan
1984
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The Makioka Sisters
1983
Lonely Heart
1981
Koto: The Ancient City
1980
The House of Hanging
1979
The Phoenix
1978
Queen Bee
1978
Island of Hell
1977
Lullaby to Kill
1977
The Inugami Family
1976
Tsuma to onna no aida
1976
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I Am a Cat
1975
Visions of Eight
1973
The Wanderers
1973
To Love Again
1971
Japan and the Japanese
1970
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Kyoto
1969
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Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
1968
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