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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (48)
The Magic Hour
as Film Director
2008
Ten Nights of Dreams
Director (Directing)
2007
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
Director (Directing)
2007
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Writer (Writing)
2006
The Kon Ichikawa Story
as Himself
2006
Musume no kekkon
Director (Directing)
2003
Ten Dark Women
Director (Directing)
2002
Kah-chan
Director (Directing)
2001
Kurosawa
as Self
2000
Dora-heita
Director (Directing)
2000
Shinsengumi
Director (Directing)
2000
Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema
as Interviewee
1999
The 8-Tomb Village
Screenplay (Writing)
1996
Un bel dì vedremo
Story (Writing)
1996
Fusa
Director (Directing)
1995
47 Ronin
Director (Directing)
1994
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Director (Directing)
1993
Noh Mask Murders
Screenplay (Writing)
1991
Crane
Director (Directing)
1988
Princess from the Moon
Director (Directing)
1987
Actress
Writer (Writing)
1987
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Writer (Writing)
1986
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Co-Director (Directing)
1986
The Burmese Harp
Director (Directing)
1985
Ohan
Executive Producer (Production)
1984
The Makioka Sisters
Director (Directing)
1983
Lonely Heart
Screenplay (Writing)
1981
Koto: The Ancient City
Writer (Writing)
1980
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Screenplay (Writing)
1979
The House of Hanging
Director (Directing)
1979
The Phoenix
Director (Directing)
1978
Queen Bee
Director (Directing)
1978
Island of Hell
Executive Producer (Production)
1977
Lullaby to Kill
Screenplay (Writing)
1977
The Inugami Family
Director (Directing)
1976
Tsuma to onna no aida
Director (Directing)
1976
I Am a Cat
Director (Directing)
1975
Visions of Eight
as Narrator
1973
The Wanderers
Director (Directing)
1973
To Love Again
Director (Directing)
1971
Dodes'ka-den
Executive Producer (Production)
1970
Japan and the Japanese
Director (Directing)
1970
Kyoto
Director (Directing)
1969
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
Director (Directing)
1968
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
Writer (Writing)
1967
Tokyo Olympiad
Director (Directing)
1965
The Money Dance
Director (Directing)
1964
Alone Across the Pacific
Director (Directing)
1963
