Kon Ichikawa
105 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Nov 20, 1915
- Died
- Feb 13, 2008 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Mie, Japan
- Also known as
- 이치카와 곤 · Кон Итикава · 久里子亭 · 市川儀一
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Kon Ichikawa: movies and TV shows
Acting (3)
- 2008 The Magic Hour
as Film Director
- 1999 Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema
as Interviewee
- 1973 Visions of Eight
as Narrator
Behind the camera (105)
- 2007 Ten Nights of Dreams
Director
- 2007
- 2006 Murder of the Inugami Clan
Director, Writer
- 2003 Musume no kekkon
Director
- 2002 Ten Dark Women
Director
- 2002
- 2001 Kah-chan
Director
- 2000 Dora-heita
Director, Screenplay
- 2000 Shinsengumi
Director, Writer
- 1996 The 8-Tomb Village
Screenplay, Director
- 1996 Un bel dì vedremo
Story
- 1995 Fusa
Director, Writer
- 1994 47 Ronin
Director, Screenplay
- 1993 Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Director, Screenplay
- 1991 Noh Mask Murders
Director, Screenplay
- 1990 Battleship Yamato
Director, Screenplay
- 1988 Crane
Director, Writer
- 1987 Princess from the Moon
Director, Writer
- 1987 Actress
Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 1986 The Hall of the Crying Deer
Director, Writer
- 1986 The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Co-Director
- 1985 The Burmese Harp
Director
- 1984 Ohan
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 1983 The Makioka Sisters
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 1981 Lonely Heart
Director, Screenplay
- 1980 Koto: The Ancient City
Director, Writer
- 1979 Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Screenplay
- 1979 The House of Hanging
Director, Screenplay
- 1978 The Phoenix
Director
- 1978 Queen Bee
Director, Writer
- 1977 Island of Hell
Executive Producer, Director
- 1977 Lullaby to Kill
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- 1976 The Inugami Family
Director, Screenplay
- 1976 Between Women and Wives
Director
- 1975 I Am a Cat
Director
- 1973 Visions of Eight
Director
- 1973 The Wanderers
Director, Producer's Assistant, Screenplay
- 1972
- 1971 To Love Again
Director
- 1970 Dodes'ka-den
Executive Producer
- 1970 Japan and the Japanese
Director
- 1969 Kyoto
Director
- 1968
- 1967 Topo Gigio and the Missile War
Director, Writer
- 1966 The Tale of Genji
Director
- 1965
- 1965 Tokyo Olympiad
Director, Writer, Thanks
- 1964 The Money Dance
Director, Screenplay
- 1963 Alone Across the Pacific
Director
- 1963 An Actor's Revenge
Director
- 1962 Being Two Isn't Easy
Director, Producer
- 1962 The Broken Commandment
Director
- 1961 Ten Women in Black
Director
- 1960 Her Brother
Director
- 1960 The Woman Who Touched Legs
Writer, Executive Producer
- 1960 Bonchi
Screenplay, Director
- 1960 A Woman's Testament
Director
- 1959 Fires on the Plain
Director
- 1959 Odd Obsession
Director, Editor, Screenplay
- 1959 Goodbye, Hello
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1958 Conflagration
Director, Screenplay
- 1958 Edo wa aozora
Adaptation
- 1957 Hole in One
Director, Writer
- 1957 The Men of Toho-ku
Director, Screenplay
- 1957 The Crowded Train
Director, Screenplay
- 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 12 Chapters About Women
Director
- 1954 A Billionaire
Director, Writer
- 1954 All of Myself
Director, Writer
- 1953 The Lovers
Director, Writer
- 1953 Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Director, Screenplay
- 1953 The Blue Revolution
Director
- 1953 Mr. Pu
Director, Writer
- 1952 This Way, That Way
Director, Screenplay
- 1952 The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Screenplay, Director
- 1952 Forbidden Path
Director, Screenplay
- 1952 Mr. Lucky
Director
- 1951 Wedding March
Director, Writer
- 1951 Bengawan Solo
Director, Writer
- 1951 Stolen Love
Director, Writer
- 1951 The Man Without a Nationality
Director
- 1951 Koibito
Writer, Director
- 1951 Nightshade Flower
Director, Screenplay
- 1950 Pursuit At Dawn
Director, Story
- 1950 Heat and Mud
Director, Screenplay
- 1950 Sanshiro of Ginza
Director
- 1949 Endless Passion
Director
- 1949 Ningen moyo
Director
- 1948 365 Nights: Osaka
Director
- 1948 365 Nights: Tokyo
Director
- 1948 365 Nights
Director
- 1948 A Flower Blooms
Director
- 1947 A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Director, Writer
- 1946 A Girl At Dojo Temple
Director
- 1943 World of Love
Assistant Director
- 1943 Hyoroku's Dream Tale
Production Manager
- 1940 Enoken's Bow-Wow General
Assistant Director
- 1939 Old Songs
Assistant Director
- 1938 Fallen Blossoms
Assistant Director
- 1936 Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
Writer, Director
- 1935 Cowardly samurai squad
Animation
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2006
- 2000