Kon Ichikawa

Birthday:

11/20/1915

Place of birth:

Mie, Japan:

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.



Credits

The Magic Hour (2008)
Film Director
The Kon Ichikawa Story (2006)
Himself
Kurosawa (2000)
Self
Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema (1999)
Interviewee
Visions of Eight (1973)
Narrator
Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)
Director
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams (2007)
Director
Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006)
Director
Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006)
Writer
Musume no kekkon (2003)
Director
Kah-chan (2001)
Director
Dora-heita (2000)
Director
Dora-heita (2000)
Screenplay
Shinsengumi (2000)
Director
Shinsengumi (2000)
Writer
The 8-Tomb Village (1996)
Screenplay
The 8-Tomb Village (1996)
Director
47 Ronin (1994)
Director
47 Ronin (1994)
Screenplay
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (1993)
Director
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (1993)
Screenplay
Fusa (1993)
Director
Fusa (1993)
Writer
Noh Mask Murders (1991)
Director
Noh Mask Murders (1991)
Screenplay
Crane (1988)
Director
Crane (1988)
Writer
Princess from the Moon (1987)
Director
Princess from the Moon (1987)
Writer
Actress (1987)
Director
Actress (1987)
Writer
Actress (1987)
Producer
The Hall of the Crying Deer (1986)
Director
The Hall of the Crying Deer (1986)
Writer
The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
Co-Director
The Burmese Harp (1985)
Director
Ohan (1984)
Director
Ohan (1984)
Writer
Ohan (1984)
Executive Producer
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Director
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Writer
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Executive Producer
Lonely Heart (1981)
Director
Lonely Heart (1981)
Screenplay
Koto: The Ancient City (1980)
Director
Koto: The Ancient City (1980)
Writer
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979)
Screenplay
The House of Hanging (1979)
Director
The House of Hanging (1979)
Screenplay
The Phoenix (1978)
Director
Queen Bee (1978)
Director
Queen Bee (1978)
Writer
Island of Hell (1977)
Director
Island of Hell (1977)
Executive Producer
Lullaby to Kill (1977)
Director
Lullaby to Kill (1977)
Screenplay
Lullaby to Kill (1977)
Executive Producer
The Inugamis (1976)
Director
The Inugamis (1976)
Writer
Tsuma to onna no aida (1976)
Director
I Am a Cat (1975)
Director
Visions of Eight (1973)
Director
The Wanderers (1973)
Director
The Wanderers (1973)
Producer's Assistant
The Wanderers (1973)
Screenplay
To Love Again (1971)
Director
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Executive Producer
Japan and the Japanese (1970)
Director
Kyoto (1969)
Director
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament (1968)
Director
Topo Gigio and the Missile War (1967)
Director
Topo Gigio and the Missile War (1967)
Writer
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Director
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Writer
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Thanks
The Money Dance (1964)
Director
The Money Dance (1964)
Screenplay
Alone Across the Pacific (1963)
Director
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Director
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
Director
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
Producer
The Broken Commandment (1962)
Director
Ten Dark Women (1961)
Director
Her Brother (1960)
Director
The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)
Writer
Bonchi (1960)
Director
Bonchi (1960)
Screenplay
A Woman's Testament (1960)
Director
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Director
Odd Obsession (1959)
Director
Odd Obsession (1959)
Writer
Odd Obsession (1959)
Editor
Goodbye, Hello (1959)
Director
Goodbye, Hello (1959)
Screenplay
Goodbye, Hello (1959)
Story
Conflagration (1958)
Director
Conflagration (1958)
Writer
Hole in One (1957)
Director
Hole in One (1957)
Writer
The Crowded Train (1957)
Director
Bridge of Japan (1956)
Director
Punishment Room (1956)
Director
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Director
The Heart (1955)
Director
Ghost Story of Youth (1955)
Director
A Billionaire (1954)
Director
A Billionaire (1954)
Writer
The Lovers (1953)
Director
The Lovers (1953)
Writer
Youth of Heiji Senigata (1953)
Director
Youth of Heiji Senigata (1953)
Screenplay
The Blue Revolution (1953)
Director
Mr. Pu (1953)
Director
Mr. Pu (1953)
Writer
This Way, That Way (1952)
Director
This Way, That Way (1952)
Screenplay
The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
Screenplay
The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
Director
Forbidden Path (1952)
Director
Forbidden Path (1952)
Screenplay
Mr. Lucky (1952)
Director
Wedding March (1951)
Director
Wedding March (1951)
Writer
Bengawan Solo (1951)
Director
Bengawan Solo (1951)
Writer
Stolen Love (1951)
Director
Stolen Love (1951)
Writer
The Man Without a Nationality (1951)
Director
Koibito (1951)
Director
Koibito (1951)
Writer
Nightshade Flower (1951)
Director
Nightshade Flower (1951)
Screenplay
Pursuit At Dawn (1950)
Director
Pursuit At Dawn (1950)
Story
Heat and Mud (1950)
Director
Heat and Mud (1950)
Screenplay
Sanshiro of Ginza (1950)
Director
Endless Passion (1949)
Director
Ningen moyo (1949)
Director
365 Nights (1948)
Director
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)
Director
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)
Writer
A Girl At Dojo Temple (1946)
Director
World of Love (1943)
Assistant Director
Hyoroku's Dream Tale (1943)
Production Manager
Enoken's Bow-Wow General (1940)
Assistant Director
Old Songs (1939)
Assistant Director
Fallen Blossoms (1938)
Assistant Director
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama (1936)
Director
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama (1936)
Writer
Cowardly samurai squad (1935)
Animation