Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

Birthday: 1915-11-20
Deathday: 2008-02-13
Place of birth: Mie, Japan
Also know as: 이치카와 곤

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.

Filmography

The Magic Hour

2008
As Film Director
The Kon Ichikawa Story

2006
As Himself
Kurosawa

2000
As Self
Visions of Eight

1973
As Narrator
Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema

1999
As Interviewee

Production

47 Ronin

1994
As Director
47 Ronin

1994
As Screenplay
Fires on the Plain

1959
As Director
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament

1968
As Director
An Actor's Revenge

1963
As Director
The Burmese Harp

1956
As Director
The Makioka Sisters

1983
As Director
The Makioka Sisters

1983
As Writer
Odd Obsession

1959
As Director
The Adventures of Milo and Otis

1986
As Co-Director
Tokyo Olympiad

1965
As Director
Tokyo Olympiad

1965
As Writer
Visions of Eight

1973
As Director
Princess from the Moon

1987
As Director
Princess from the Moon

1987
As Writer
Dora-heita

2000
As Director
The Inugami Family

1976
As Director
The Inugami Family

1976
As Writer
Murder of the Inugami Clan

2006
As Director
Murder of the Inugami Clan

2006
As Writer
Alone Across the Pacific

1963
As Director
Conflagration

1958
As Director
Ten Nights of Dreams

2007
As Director
The Wanderers

1973
As Director
Her Brother

1960
As Director
Ten Dark Women

1961
As Director
The Broken Commandment

1962
As Director
I Am a Cat

1975
As Director
Lullaby to Kill

1977
As Director
Lullaby to Kill

1977
As Screenplay
Actress

1987
As Director
Actress

1987
As Writer
The Heart

1955
As Director
A Woman's Testament

1960
As Director
Tsuma to onna no aida

1976
As Director
Tokyo Olympiad

1965
As Thanks
Being Two Isn't Easy

1962
As Director
Being Two Isn't Easy

1962
As Producer
Punishment Room

1956
As Director
A Billionaire

1954
As Director
A Billionaire

1954
As Writer
Hole in One

1957
As Director
Hole in One

1957
As Writer
Fallen Blossoms

1938
As Assistant Director
Musume no kekkon

2003
As Director
To Love Again

1971
As Director
The Phoenix

1978
As Director
Japan and the Japanese

1970
As Director
Bonchi

1960
As Screenplay
Island of Hell

1977
As Director
Fusa

1993
As Director
A Girl At Dojo Temple

1946
As Director
Pursuit At Dawn

1950
As Director
Pursuit At Dawn

1950
As Story
Bridge of Japan

1956
As Director
Koto: The Ancient City

1980
As Director
Koto: The Ancient City

1980
As Writer
The House of Hanging

1979
As Director
The Money Dance

1964
As Director
Enoken's Bow-Wow General

1940
As Assistant Director
Lonely Heart

1981
As Director
Lonely Heart

1981
As Screenplay
The House of Hanging

1979
As Screenplay
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

1947
As Director
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

1947
As Writer
Sanshiro of Ginza

1950
As Director
Endless Passion

1949
As Director
Dora-heita

2000
As Screenplay
Koibito

1951
As Writer
The Man Without a Nationality

1951
As Director
Stolen Love

1951
As Director
Stolen Love

1951
As Writer
Bengawan Solo

1951
As Director
Bengawan Solo

1951
As Writer
Wedding March

1951
As Director
Wedding March

1951
As Writer
Queen Bee

1978
As Director
Queen Bee

1978
As Writer
The Crowded Train

1957
As Director
Mr. Pu

1953
As Director
Bonchi

1960
As Director
Mr. Pu

1953
As Writer
The Burmese Harp

1985
As Director
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

1936
As Writer
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams

2007
As Director
Lullaby to Kill

1977
As Executive Producer
Odd Obsession

1959
As Editor
The 8-Tomb Village

1996
As Screenplay
The 8-Tomb Village

1996
As Director
365 Nights

1948
As Director
Conflagration

1958
As Writer
Noh Mask Murders

1991
As Director
Noh Mask Murders

1991
As Screenplay
Topo Gigio and the Missile War

1967
As Director
Topo Gigio and the Missile War

1967
As Writer
Kyoto

1969
As Director
The Lovers

1953
As Director
The Lovers

1953
As Writer
The Woman Who Touched Legs

1960
As Writer
The Makioka Sisters

1983
As Executive Producer
Nightshade Flower

1951
As Director
Nightshade Flower

1951
As Screenplay
Kah-chan

2001
As Director
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

1979
As Screenplay
Heat and Mud

1950
As Director
Heat and Mud

1950
As Screenplay
A Flower Blooms

1948
As Director
The Money Dance

1964
As Screenplay
Mr. Lucky

1952
As Director
Ohan

1984
As Director
Ohan

1984
As Writer
Ohan

1984
As Executive Producer
Koibito

1951
As Director
Island of Hell

1977
As Executive Producer
Odd Obsession

1959
As Screenplay
The Wanderers

1973
As Producer's Assistant
The Wanderers

1973
As Screenplay
The Woman Who Touched the Legs

1952
As Screenplay
The Woman Who Touched the Legs

1952
As Director
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

1993
As Director
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

1993
As Screenplay
The Blue Revolution

1953
As Director
Ghost Story of Youth

1955
As Director
This Way, That Way

1952
As Director
This Way, That Way

1952
As Screenplay
Goodbye, Hello

1959
As Director
Goodbye, Hello

1959
As Screenplay
Goodbye, Hello

1959
As Story
Dodes'ka-den

1970
As Executive Producer
Old Songs

1939
As Assistant Director
Fusa

1993
As Writer
Crane

1988
As Director
Crane

1988
As Writer
Cowardly samurai squad

1935
As Animation
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

1936
As Director
Actress

1987
As Producer
Youth of Heiji Senigata

1953
As Director
Youth of Heiji Senigata

1953
As Screenplay
Forbidden Path

1952
As Director
Forbidden Path

1952
As Screenplay
Ningen moyo

1949
As Director
Shinsengumi

2000
As Director
Shinsengumi

2000
As Writer
Hyoroku's Dream Tale

1943
As Production Manager
World of Love

1943
As Assistant Director
The Hall of the Crying Deer

1986
As Director
The Hall of the Crying Deer

1986
As Writer
The Crowded Train

1957
As Screenplay