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.
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Filmography
all 98
Movies 96
Director 88
Producer 3
TV Shows 2
Writer 2
self 1
Film Director
The Magic Hour (2008)
Movie
Director
Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)
Movie
Director
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams (2007)
Movie
Director
Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006)
Movie
Actor
The Kon Ichikawa Story (2006)
Movie
Director
Musume no kekkon (2003)
Movie
Director
The Life of Bangaku (2002)
TV
Director
Kah-chan (2001)
Movie
Self
Kurosawa (2000)
Movie
Director
Dora-heita (2000)
Movie
6
Director
Shinsengumi (2000)
Movie
Interviewee
Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema (1999)
Movie
Director
The 8-Tomb Village (1996)
Movie
Director
47 Ronin (1994)
Movie
9
Director
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (1993)
Movie
Director
Fusa (1993)
Movie
Director
Noh Mask Murders (1991)
Movie
Director
Crane (1988)
Movie
Director
Princess from the Moon (1987)
Movie
Director
Actress (1987)
Movie
Director
The Hall of the Crying Deer (1986)
Movie
Co-Director
The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
Movie
Director
The Burmese Harp (1985)
Movie
Director
Ohan (1984)
Movie
Director
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Movie
Director
Lonely Heart (1981)
Movie
Director
Koto: The Ancient City (1980)
Movie
Writer
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979)
Movie
8
Screenplay / Director
The House of Hanging (1979)
Movie
Director
The Phoenix (1978)
Movie
Director / Writer
Queen Bee (1978)
Movie
Director / Executive Producer
Island of Hell (1977)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Executive Producer
Lullaby to Kill (1977)
Movie
Director
The Inugamis (1976)
Movie
Director
Tsuma to onna no aida (1976)
Movie
Director
I Am a Cat (1975)
Movie
Director
Visions of Eight (1973)
Movie
5.76
Director
The Wanderers (1973)
Movie
Creator / Director / Writer
Kogarashi Monjiro (1972)
TV
Director
To Love Again (1971)
Movie
Executive Producer
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Movie
5
Director
Japan and the Japanese (1970)
Movie
Director
Kyoto (1969)
Movie
Director
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament (1968)
Movie
Director
Topo Gigio and the Missile War (1967)
Movie
Director
The Tale of Genji (1966)
Movie
Director
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Movie
Director
The Money Dance (1964)
Movie
Director
Alone Across the Pacific (1963)
Movie
Director
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Movie
Director
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
Movie
Director
The Broken Commandment (1962)
Movie
Director
Ten Dark Women (1961)
Movie
Director
Her Brother (1960)
Movie
Writer
The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)
Movie
Director
Bonchi (1960)
Movie
Director
A Woman's Testament (1960)
Movie
Director
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Movie
6.33
Director
Odd Obsession (1959)
Movie
Director
Goodbye, Hello (1959)
Movie
Director
Conflagration (1958)
Movie
Director
Hole in One (1957)
Movie
Director
The Crowded Train (1957)
Movie
Director
Bridge of Japan (1956)
Movie
Director
Punishment Room (1956)
Movie
Director
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Movie
Director
The Heart (1955)
Movie
Director
Ghost Story of Youth (1955)
Movie
Director
A Billionaire (1954)
Movie
Director
The Lovers (1953)
Movie
Director
Youth of Heiji Senigata (1953)
Movie
Director
The Blue Revolution (1953)
Movie
Director
Mr. Pu (1953)
Movie
Director
This Way, That Way (1952)
Movie
Director
The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
Movie
Director
Forbidden Path (1952)
Movie
Director
Mr. Lucky (1952)
Movie
Director
Wedding March (1951)
Movie
Director
Bengawan Solo (1951)
Movie
Director
Stolen Love (1951)
Movie
Director
The Man Without a Nationality (1951)
Movie
Director
Koibito (1951)
Movie
Director
Nightshade Flower (1951)
Movie
Director
Pursuit At Dawn (1950)
Movie
Director
Heat and Mud (1950)
Movie
Director
Sanshiro of Ginza (1950)
Movie
Director
Endless Passion (1949)
Movie
Director
Ningen moyo (1949)
Movie
Director
365 Nights (1948)
Movie
Director
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)
Movie
Director
A Girl At Dojo Temple (1946)
Movie
Assistant Director
World of Love (1943)
Movie
Production Manager
Hyoroku's Dream Tale (1943)
Movie
Assistant Director
Enoken's Bow-Wow General (1940)
Movie
Assistant Director
Old Songs (1939)
Movie
Assistant Director
Fallen Blossoms (1938)
Movie
Director
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama (1936)
Movie
Animation
Cowardly samurai squad (1935)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.22
Based on 57.3 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1935
1953
1963
1955
2008
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1915-11-20
Deathday2008-02-13 (92 years old)
Birth NameUji Yamada
Birth PlaceIse, Japan
RelationshipsNatto Wada (1948-04-10 - 1983-02-18)
CitizenshipsJapan
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
AwardsGolden Arrow Award, Person of Cultural Merit, Berlinale Camera, Jury Prize, Mainichi Film Award for Best Director, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director, Medal with Purple Ribbon
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