Kon Ichikawa

Personal Info

Known For Directing

Known Credits 96

Gender Male

Birthday 1915-11-20

Day of Death 2008-02-13 (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

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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

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

… 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

1963

… Screenplay

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

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

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

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

Biography

Known For

Directing

Writing

Production

Acting

Creator

Crew

Editing

Visual Effects

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