Directing · b. 1915 · Mie, Japan

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.

Directed
Ten Nights of Dreams 2007 Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams 2007 Murder of the Inugami Clan 2006 Musume no kekkon 2003 Ten Dark Women 2002 Kah-chan 2001 Dora-heita 2000 Shinsengumi 2000 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 The Burmese Harp 1985 Ohan 1984 The Makioka Sisters 1983 Lonely Heart 1981 Koto: The Ancient City 1980 The House of Hanging 1979 The Phoenix 1978 Queen Bee 1978 Lullaby to Kill 1977 Island of Hell 1977 The Inugami Family 1976 Tsuma to onna no aida 1976 I Am a Cat 1975 Visions of Eight 1973 The Wanderers 1973 To Love Again 1971 Japan and the Japanese 1970 Kyoto 1969 Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament 1968 Topo Gigio and the Missile War 1967 The Tale of Genji 1966 Tokyo Olympiad 1965 The Money Dance 1964 An Actor's Revenge 1963 Alone Across the Pacific 1963 The Broken Commandment 1962 Being Two Isn't Easy 1962 Ten Dark Women 1961 Her Brother 1960 A Woman's Testament 1960 Bonchi 1960 Fires on the Plain 1959 Odd Obsession 1959 Goodbye, Hello 1959 Conflagration 1958 Hole in One 1957 The Crowded Train 1957 The Men of Toho-ku 1957 The Burmese Harp 1956 Punishment Room 1956 Bridge of Japan 1956 The Heart 1955 Ghost Story of Youth 1955 A Billionaire 1954 All of Myself 1954 12 Chapters About Women 1954 Mr. Pu 1953 The Lovers 1953 The Blue Revolution 1953 Youth of Heiji Senigata 1953 Mr. Lucky 1952 The Woman Who Touched the Legs 1952 This Way, That Way 1952 Forbidden Path 1952 The Man Without a Nationality 1951 Stolen Love 1951 Wedding March 1951 Bengawan Solo 1951 Nightshade Flower 1951 Koibito 1951 Pursuit At Dawn 1950 Sanshiro of Ginza 1950 Heat and Mud 1950 Endless Passion 1949 Ningen moyo 1949 365 Nights 1948 A Flower Blooms 1948 A Thousand and One Nights with Toho 1947 A Girl At Dojo Temple 1946 Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama 1936
Acting
The Magic Hour Film Director 2008 The Kon Ichikawa Story Himself 2006 Kurosawa Self 2000 Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema Interviewee 1999
Other Credits
Un bel dì vedremo Story 1996 The Adventures of Milo and Otis Co-Director 1986 Galaxy Express 999: The Movie Screenplay 1979 Dodes'ka-den Executive Producer 1970 The Woman Who Touched Legs Writer 1960 World of Love Assistant Director 1943 Hyoroku's Dream Tale Production Manager 1943 Enoken's Bow-Wow General Assistant Director 1940 Old Songs Assistant Director 1939 Fallen Blossoms Assistant Director 1938 Cowardly samurai squad Animation 1935
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