Person
Kon Ichikawa
Directing · 1915–2008 · Mie, Japan
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
Kogarashi Monjiro
Director
Dodes'ka-den
Executive Producer
The Life of Bangaku
Director
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Co-Director
The Inugami Family
Director
Island of Hell
Executive Producer
The Magic Hour
Film Director
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Writer
Princess from the Moon
Director
An Actor's Revenge
Director
Filmography
- 2008The Magic HourFilm Director
- 2007Ten Nights of DreamsDirector
- 2007Enlightenment: A Second Night of DreamsDirector
- 2006Murder of the Inugami ClanWriter
- 2006The Kon Ichikawa StoryHimself
- 2003Musume no kekkonDirector
- 2002Ten Dark WomenDirector
- 2002The Life of BangakuDirector
- 2001Kah-chanDirector
- 2000KurosawaSelf
- 2000Dora-heitaDirector
- 2000ShinsengumiDirector
- 1999Kon Ichikawa: My Life in CinemaInterviewee
- 1996The 8-Tomb VillageScreenplay
- 1996Un bel dì vedremoStory
- 1995FusaDirector
- 199447 RoninDirector
- 1993Kogarashi Monjirō ReturnsDirector
- 1991Noh Mask MurdersScreenplay
- 1988CraneDirector
- 1987Princess from the MoonDirector
- 1987ActressDirector
- 1986The Hall of the Crying DeerWriter
- 1986The Adventures of Milo and OtisCo-Director
- 1985The Burmese HarpDirector
- 1984OhanExecutive Producer
- 1983The Makioka SistersDirector
- 1981Lonely HeartScreenplay
- 1980Koto: The Ancient CityWriter
- 1979Galaxy Express 999: The MovieScreenplay
- 1979The House of HangingDirector
- 1978The PhoenixDirector
- 1978Queen BeeDirector
- 1977Island of HellExecutive Producer
- 1977Lullaby to KillScreenplay
- 1976The Inugami FamilyDirector
- 1976Between Women and WivesDirector
- 1975I Am a CatDirector
- 1973Visions of EightNarrator
- 1973The WanderersDirector
- 1972Kogarashi MonjiroDirector
- 1971To Love AgainDirector
- 1970Dodes'ka-denExecutive Producer
- 1970Japan and the JapaneseDirector
- 1969KyotoDirector
- 1968Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball TournamentDirector
- 1967Topo Gigio and the Missile WarWriter
- 1966The Tale of GenjiDirector
- 1965Tokyo OlympiadDirector
- 1964The Money DanceDirector
- 1963Alone Across the PacificDirector
- 1963An Actor's RevengeDirector
- 1962Being Two Isn't EasyDirector
- 1962The Broken CommandmentDirector
- 1961Ten Dark WomenDirector
- 1960Her BrotherDirector
- 1960The Woman Who Touched LegsWriter
- 1960BonchiScreenplay
- 1960A Woman's TestamentDirector
- 1959Fires on the PlainDirector
- 1959Odd ObsessionDirector
- 1959Goodbye, HelloScreenplay
- 1958ConflagrationDirector
- 1957Hole in OneWriter
- 1957The Men of Toho-kuDirector
- 1957The Crowded TrainDirector
- 1956Bridge of JapanDirector
- 1956Punishment RoomDirector
- 1956The Burmese HarpDirector
- 1955The HeartDirector
- 1955Ghost Story of YouthDirector
- 195412 Chapters About WomenDirector
- 1954A BillionaireDirector
- 1954All of MyselfDirector
- 1953The LoversWriter
- 1953Youth of Heiji SenigataDirector
- 1953The Blue RevolutionDirector
- 1953Mr. PuDirector
- 1952This Way, That WayDirector
- 1952The Woman Who Touched the LegsScreenplay
- 1952Forbidden PathScreenplay
- 1952Mr. LuckyDirector
- 1951Wedding MarchDirector
- 1951Bengawan SoloWriter
- 1951Stolen LoveDirector
- 1951The Man Without a NationalityDirector
- 1951KoibitoWriter
- 1951Nightshade FlowerScreenplay
- 1950Pursuit At DawnStory
- 1950Heat and MudDirector
- 1950Sanshiro of GinzaDirector
- 1949Endless PassionDirector
- 1949Ningen moyoDirector
- 1948365 Nights: OsakaDirector
- 1948365 Nights: TokyoDirector
- 1948365 NightsDirector
- 1948A Flower BloomsDirector
- 1947A Thousand and One Nights with TohoDirector
- 1946A Girl At Dojo TempleDirector
- 1943World of LoveAssistant Director
- 1943Hyoroku's Dream TaleProduction Manager
- 1940Enoken's Bow-Wow GeneralAssistant Director
- 1939Old SongsAssistant Director
- 1938Fallen BlossomsAssistant Director
- 1936Shinsetsu Kachikachi YamaWriter
- 1935Cowardly samurai squadAnimation
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