Kon Ichikawa

Personal Info

Known For Directing

Known Credits 98

Gender Male

Birthday November 20, 1915

Day of Death February 13, 2008 (92 years old)

Place of Birth Mie, Japan

Also Known As

市川崑
이치카와 곤
Кон Итикава
久里子亭
市川儀一
大川新之助
市川秋六
市川根作
곤 이치카와
이치가와 곤
곤 이치가와
콘 이치카와
이치카와 콘
Kon Ichikawa
市川昆

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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

2007		Ten Nights of Dreams … Director
2007		Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams … Director

2006

… Director

2003

… Director

2002

(10 episodes) … Director

2001

… Director

2000		Dora-heita … Director
2000		Shinsengumi … Director

1996

… Director

1994

… Director

1993		Kogarashi Monjirō Returns … Director
1993		Fusa … Director

1991

… Director

1988

… Director

1987		Princess from the Moon … Director
1987		Actress … Director

1986		The Hall of the Crying Deer … Director
1986		The Adventures of Milo and Otis … Co-Director

1985

… Director

1984

… Director

1983

… Director

1981

… Director

1980

… Director

1979

… Director

1978		The Phoenix … Director
1978		Queen Bee … Director

1977		Island of Hell … Director
1977		Lullaby to Kill … Director

1976		The Inugamis … Director
1976		Tsuma to onna no aida … Director

1975

… Director

1973		Visions of Eight … Director
1973		The Wanderers … Director

1972

(5 episodes) … Director

1971

… Director

1970

… Director

1969

… Director

1968

… Director

1967

… Director

1965

… Director

1964

… Director

1963		Alone Across the Pacific … Director
1963		An Actor's Revenge … Director

1962		Being Two Isn't Easy … Director
1962		The Broken Commandment … Director

1961

… Director

1960		Her Brother … Director
1960		Bonchi … Director
1960		A Woman's Testament … Director

1959		Fires on the Plain … Director
1959		Odd Obsession … Director
1959		Goodbye, Hello … Director

1958

… Director

1957		Hole in One … Director
1957		The Crowded Train … Director

1956		Bridge of Japan … Director
1956		Punishment Room … Director
1956		The Burmese Harp … Director

1955		The Heart … Director
1955		Ghost Story of Youth … Director

1954

… Director

1953		The Lovers … Director
1953		Youth of Heiji Senigata … Director
1953		The Blue Revolution … Director
1953		Mr. Pu … Director

1952		This Way, That Way … Director
1952		The Woman Who Touched the Legs … Director
1952		Forbidden Path … Director
1952		Mr. Lucky … Director

1951		Wedding March … Director
1951		Bengawan Solo … Director
1951		Stolen Love … Director
1951		The Man Without a Nationality … Director
1951		Koibito … Director
1951		Nightshade Flower … Director

1950		Pursuit At Dawn … Director
1950		Heat and Mud … Director
1950		Sanshiro of Ginza … Director

1949		Endless Passion … Director
1949		Ningen moyo … Director

1948		365 Nights … Director
1948		A Flower Blooms … Director

1947

… Director

1946

… Director

1943

… Assistant Director

1940

… Assistant Director

1939

… Assistant Director

1938

… Assistant Director

1936

… Director

Writing

2006

… Writer

2000		Dora-heita … Screenplay
2000		Shinsengumi … Writer

1996

… Screenplay

1994

… Screenplay

1993		Kogarashi Monjirō Returns … Screenplay
1993		Fusa … Writer

1991

… Screenplay

1988

… Writer

1987		Princess from the Moon … Writer
1987		Actress … Writer

1986

… Writer

1984

… Writer

1983

… Writer

1981

… Screenplay

1980

… Writer

1979		Galaxy Express 999: The Movie … Screenplay
1979		The House of Hanging … Screenplay

1978

… Writer

1977

… Screenplay

1976

… Writer

1973

… Screenplay

1972

(4 episodes) … Writer

1967

… Writer

1965

… Writer

1964

… Screenplay

1960		The Woman Who Touched Legs … Writer
1960		Bonchi … Screenplay

1959		Odd Obsession … Writer
1959		Goodbye, Hello … Story … Screenplay

1958

… Writer

1957

… Writer

1954

… Writer

1953		The Lovers … Writer
1953		Youth of Heiji Senigata … Screenplay
1953		Mr. Pu … Writer

1952		This Way, That Way … Screenplay
1952		The Woman Who Touched the Legs … Screenplay
1952		Forbidden Path … Screenplay

1951		Wedding March … Writer
1951		Bengawan Solo … Writer
1951		Stolen Love … Writer
1951		Koibito … Writer
1951		Nightshade Flower … Screenplay

1950		Pursuit At Dawn … Story
1950		Heat and Mud … Screenplay

1947

… Writer

1936

… Writer

Production

1987

… Producer

1984

… Executive Producer

1983

… Executive Producer

1977		Island of Hell … Executive Producer
1977		Lullaby to Kill … Executive Producer

1973

… Producer's Assistant

1970

… Executive Producer

1962

… Producer

1943

… Production Manager

Acting

2008

as Film Director

2006

as Himself

2000

as Self

1999

as Interviewee

1973

as Narrator

Creator

1972

… Creator

Crew

1965

… Thanks

Editing

1959

… Editor

Visual Effects

1935

… Animation

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Kon Ichikawa

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Writing

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