Directing
Kon Ichikawa
20 November 1915† 13 February 2008 (aged 92) Mie, Japan
- Directed
- 93
- Written
- 54
- Produced
- 2
- Movies
- 5
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
- 2008
- The Magic Hour · Film · Film Director
- 2007
- Ten Nights of Dreams · Film · Director
- Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams · Film · Director
- 2006
- The Kon Ichikawa Story · Film
- Murder of the Inugami Clan · Film · Director
- 2003
- Musume no kekkon · Film · Director
- 2002
- Ten Dark Women · Film · Director
- The Life of Bangaku · Series · Director
- 2001
- Kah-chan · Film · Director
- 2000
- Kurosawa · Film
- Dora-heita · Film · Director
- Shinsengumi · Film · Director
- 1999
- Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema · Film · Interviewee
- 1996
- The 8-Tomb Village · Film · Screenplay
- Un bel dì vedremo · Film · Story
- 1995
- Fusa · Film · Director
- 1994
- 47 Ronin · Film · Director
- 1993
- Kogarashi Monjirō Returns · Film · Director
- 1991
- Noh Mask Murders · Film · Director
- 1990
- Battleship Yamato · Film · Director
- 1988
- Crane · Film · Director
- 1987
- Princess from the Moon · Film · Director
- Actress · Film · Director
- 1986
- The Adventures of Milo and Otis · Film · Co-Director
- The Hall of the Crying Deer · Film · Director
- 1985
- The Burmese Harp · Film · Director
- 1984
- Ohan · Film · Director
- 1983
- The Makioka Sisters · Film · Director
- 1981
- Lonely Heart · Film · Director
- 1980
- Koto: The Ancient City · Film · Director
- 1979
- Galaxy Express 999: The Movie · Film · Screenplay
- The House of Hanging · Film · Director
- 1978
- The Phoenix · Film · Director
- Queen Bee · Film · Director
- 1977
- Lullaby to Kill · Film · Director
- Island of Hell · Film · Executive Producer
- 1976
- The Inugami Family · Film · Director
- Between Women and Wives · Film · Director
- 1975
- I Am a Cat · Film · Director
- 1973
- Visions of Eight · Film · Narrator
- Visions of Eight · Film · Director
- The Wanderers · Film · Director
- 1972
- Kogarashi Monjiro · Series · Director
- 1971
- To Love Again · Film · Director
- 1970
- Dodes'ka-den · Film · Executive Producer
- Japan and the Japanese · Film · Director
- 1969
- Kyoto · Film · Director
- 1968
- Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament · Film · Director
- 1967
- Topo Gigio and the Missile War · Film · Director
- 1966
- The Tale of Genji · Film · Director
- 1965
- Tokyo Olympiad · Film · Director
- Tokyo Olympics (International Version) · Film · Director
- 1964
- The Money Dance · Film · Director
- 1963
- An Actor's Revenge · Film · Director
- Alone Across the Pacific · Film · Director
- 1962
- Being Two Isn't Easy · Film · Director
- The Broken Commandment · Film · Director
- 1961
- Ten Women in Black · Film · Director
- 1960
- Her Brother · Film · Director
- A Woman's Testament · Film · Director
- Bonchi · Film · Screenplay
- The Woman Who Touched Legs · Film · Writer
- 1959
- Fires on the Plain · Film · Director
- Odd Obsession · Film · Director
- Goodbye, Hello · Film · Director
- 1958
- Conflagration · Film · Director
- Edo wa aozora · Film · Adaptation
- 1957
- The Crowded Train · Film · Director
- Hole in One · Film · Director
- The Men of Toho-ku · Film · Director
- 1956
- The Burmese Harp · Film · Director
- Punishment Room · Film · Director
- Bridge of Japan · Film · Director
- 1955
- The Heart · Film · Director
- Ghost Story of Youth · Film · Director
- 1954
- A Billionaire · Film · Director
- 12 Chapters About Women · Film · Director
- All of Myself · Film · Director
- 1953
- Mr. Pu · Film · Director
- The Lovers · Film · Director
- The Blue Revolution · Film · Director
- Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth · Film · Director
- 1952
- This Way, That Way · Film · Director
- Mr. Lucky · Film · Director
- The Woman Who Touched the Legs · Film · Screenplay
- Forbidden Path · Film · Director
- 1951
- Koibito · Film · Writer
- The Man Without a Nationality · Film · Director
- Stolen Love · Film · Director
- Bengawan Solo · Film · Director
- Wedding March · Film · Director
- Nightshade Flower · Film · Director
- 1950
- Pursuit At Dawn · Film · Director
- Sanshiro of Ginza · Film · Director
- Heat and Mud · Film · Director
- 1949
- Endless Passion · Film · Director
- Ningen moyo · Film · Director
- 1948
- 365 Nights · Film · Director
- A Flower Blooms · Film · Director
- 365 Nights: Osaka · Film · Director
- 365 Nights: Tokyo · Film · Director
- 1947
- A Thousand and One Nights with Toho · Film · Director
- 1946
- A Girl At Dojo Temple · Film · Director
- 1943
- Hyoroku's Dream Tale · Film · Production Manager
- World of Love · Film · Assistant Director
- 1940
- Enoken's Bow-Wow General · Film · Assistant Director
- 1939
- Old Songs · Film · Assistant Director
- 1938
- Fallen Blossoms · Film · Assistant Director
- 1936
- Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama · Film · Writer
- 1935
- Cowardly samurai squad · Film · Animation