Kon Ichikawa
Directing·November 20, 1915·† February 13, 2008 — 92 years old·Mie, Japan
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
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986·6.5
The Burmese Harp
1956·7.8
Dodes'ka-den
1970·7.1
Fires on the Plain
1959·7.6
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979·6.8
An Actor's Revenge
1963·6.6
Tokyo Olympiad
1965·7.7
The Makioka Sisters
1983·7.4
The Magic Hour
2008·7.5
The Inugami Family
1976·7.0
Odd Obsession
1959·6.2
Conflagration
1958·7.1
Filmography · 106
2008The Magic HourFilm Director2007Ten Nights of DreamsDirector2007Enlightenment: A Second Night of DreamsDirector2006Murder of the Inugami ClanDirector · Writer2006The Kon Ichikawa StoryHimself2003Musume no kekkonDirector2002Ten Dark WomenDirector2002The Life of BangakuTVDirector2001Kah-chanDirector2000KurosawaSelf2000Dora-heitaDirector · Screenplay2000ShinsengumiDirector · Writer1999Kon Ichikawa: My Life in CinemaInterviewee1996The 8-Tomb VillageScreenplay · Director1996Un bel dì vedremoStory1995FusaDirector · Writer199447 RoninDirector · Screenplay1993Kogarashi Monjirō ReturnsDirector · Screenplay1991Noh Mask MurdersDirector · Screenplay1988CraneDirector · Writer1987Princess from the MoonDirector · Writer1987ActressDirector · Producer · Screenplay1986The Hall of the Crying DeerDirector · Writer1986The Adventures of Milo and OtisCo-Director1985The Burmese HarpDirector1984OhanDirector · Writer · Executive Producer1983The Makioka SistersDirector · Writer · Executive Producer1981Lonely HeartDirector · Screenplay1980Koto: The Ancient CityDirector · Writer1979Galaxy Express 999: The MovieScreenplay1979The House of HangingDirector · Screenplay1978The PhoenixDirector1978Queen BeeDirector · Writer1977Island of HellExecutive Producer · Director1977Lullaby to KillDirector · Screenplay · Executive Producer1976The Inugami FamilyDirector · Screenplay1976Between Women and WivesDirector1975I Am a CatDirector1973Visions of EightNarrator · Director1973The WanderersDirector · Producer's Assistant · Screenplay1972Kogarashi MonjiroTVDirector · Writer · Creator1971To Love AgainDirector1970Dodes'ka-denExecutive Producer1970Japan and the JapaneseDirector1969KyotoDirector1968Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball TournamentDirector1967Topo Gigio and the Missile WarDirector · Writer1966The Tale of GenjiDirector1965Tokyo OlympiadDirector · Writer · Thanks1964The Money DanceDirector · Screenplay1963Alone Across the PacificDirector1963An Actor's RevengeDirector1962Being Two Isn't EasyDirector · Producer1962The Broken CommandmentDirector1961Ten Dark WomenDirector1960Her BrotherDirector1960The Woman Who Touched LegsWriter · Executive Producer1960BonchiScreenplay · Director1960A Woman's TestamentDirector1959Fires on the PlainDirector1959Odd ObsessionDirector · Editor · Screenplay1959Goodbye, HelloDirector · Screenplay · Story1958ConflagrationDirector · Screenplay1957Hole in OneDirector · Writer1957The Men of Toho-kuDirector · Screenplay1957The Crowded TrainDirector · Screenplay1956Bridge of JapanDirector1956Punishment RoomDirector1956The Burmese HarpDirector1955The HeartDirector1955Ghost Story of YouthDirector195412 Chapters About WomenDirector1954A BillionaireDirector · Writer1954All of MyselfDirector · Writer1953The LoversDirector · Writer1953Youth of Heiji SenigataDirector · Screenplay1953The Blue RevolutionDirector1953Mr. PuDirector · Writer1952This Way, That WayDirector · Screenplay1952The Woman Who Touched the LegsScreenplay · Director1952Forbidden PathDirector · Screenplay1952Mr. LuckyDirector1951Wedding MarchDirector · Writer1951Bengawan SoloDirector · Writer1951Stolen LoveDirector · Writer1951The Man Without a NationalityDirector1951KoibitoWriter · Director1951Nightshade FlowerDirector · Screenplay1950Pursuit At DawnDirector · Story1950Heat and MudDirector · Screenplay1950Sanshiro of GinzaDirector1949Endless PassionDirector1949Ningen moyoDirector1948365 Nights: OsakaDirector1948365 Nights: TokyoDirector1948365 NightsDirector1948A Flower BloomsDirector1947A Thousand and One Nights with TohoDirector · Writer1946A Girl At Dojo TempleDirector1943World of LoveAssistant Director1943Hyoroku's Dream TaleProduction Manager1940Enoken's Bow-Wow GeneralAssistant Director1939Old SongsAssistant Director1938Fallen BlossomsAssistant Director1936Shinsetsu Kachikachi YamaWriter · Director1935Cowardly samurai squadAnimation