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Kon Ichikawa

Nov 20, 1915 - Mie, Japan

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 Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	2008	The Magic Hour	Film Director
Movie	2006	The Kon Ichikawa Story	Himself
Movie	2000	Kurosawa	Self
Movie	1973	Visions of Eight	Narrator
Movie	1999	Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema	Interviewee

Crew

Media
Movie	1994	47 Ronin	Director	Directing
Movie	1994	47 Ronin	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1959	Fires on the Plain	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	An Actor's Revenge	Director	Directing
Movie	1956	The Burmese Harp	Director	Directing
Movie	1983	The Makioka Sisters	Director	Directing
Movie	1983	The Makioka Sisters	Writer	Writing
Movie	1959	Odd Obsession	Director	Directing
Movie	1986	The Adventures of Milo and Otis	Co-Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Tokyo Olympiad	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Tokyo Olympiad	Writer	Writing
Movie	1973	Visions of Eight	Director	Directing
Movie	1987	Princess from the Moon	Director	Directing
Movie	1987	Princess from the Moon	Writer	Writing
Movie	2000	Dora-heita	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	The Inugami Family	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Murder of the Inugami Clan	Writer	Writing
Movie	2006	Murder of the Inugami Clan	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	Alone Across the Pacific	Director	Directing
Movie	1958	Conflagration	Director	Directing
Movie	2007	Ten Nights of Dreams	Director	Directing
Movie	1973	The Wanderers	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Her Brother	Director	Directing
Movie	1962	The Broken Commandment	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	Ten Dark Women	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	I Am a Cat	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Lullaby to Kill	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1977	Lullaby to Kill	Director	Directing
Movie	1987	Actress	Writer	Writing
Movie	1987	Actress	Director	Directing
Movie	1955	The Heart	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	A Woman's Testament	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	Tsuma to onna no aida	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Tokyo Olympiad	Thanks	Crew
Movie	1962	Being Two Isn't Easy	Director	Directing
Movie	1962	Being Two Isn't Easy	Producer	Production
Movie	1956	Punishment Room	Director	Directing
Movie	1954	A Billionaire	Director	Directing
Movie	1954	A Billionaire	Writer	Writing
Movie	1957	Hole in One	Writer	Writing
Movie	1957	Hole in One	Director	Directing
Movie	1938	Fallen Blossoms	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	2003	Musume no kekkon	Director	Directing
Movie	1971	To Love Again	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	The Phoenix	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Japan and the Japanese	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Bonchi	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1993	Fusa	Director	Directing
Movie	1956	Bridge of Japan	Director	Directing
Movie	1950	Pursuit At Dawn	Story	Writing
Movie	1946	A Girl At Dojo Temple	Director	Directing
Movie	1950	Pursuit At Dawn	Director	Directing
Movie	1980	Koto: The Ancient City	Writer	Writing
Movie	1980	Koto: The Ancient City	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	The House of Hanging	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	The Money Dance	Director	Directing
Movie	1940	Enoken's Bow-Wow General	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Lonely Heart	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1981	Lonely Heart	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	The House of Hanging	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1947	A Thousand and One Nights with Toho	Director	Directing
Movie	1947	A Thousand and One Nights with Toho	Writer	Writing
Movie	1950	Sanshiro of Ginza	Director	Directing
Movie	1949	Endless Passion	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	Dora-heita	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1951	Koibito	Writer	Writing
Movie	1951	The Man Without a Nationality	Director	Directing
Movie	1951	Wedding March	Director	Directing
Movie	1951	Stolen Love	Director	Directing
Movie	1951	Stolen Love	Writer	Writing
Movie	1951	Bengawan Solo	Writer	Writing
Movie	1951	Bengawan Solo	Director	Directing
Movie	1951	Wedding March	Writer	Writing
Movie	1978	Queen Bee	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	Queen Bee	Writer	Writing
Movie	1957	The Crowded Train	Director	Directing
Movie	1953	Mr. Pu	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Bonchi	Director	Directing
Movie	1953	Mr. Pu	Writer	Writing
Movie	1985	The Burmese Harp	Director	Directing
Movie	1936	Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama	Writer	Writing
Movie	2007	Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Lullaby to Kill	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1959	Odd Obsession	Editor	Editing
Movie	1996	The 8-Tomb Village	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1996	The 8-Tomb Village	Director	Directing
Movie	1948	365 Nights	Director	Directing
Movie	1958	Conflagration	Writer	Writing
Movie	1991	Noh Mask Murders	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1991	Noh Mask Murders	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Topo Gigio and the Missile War	Writer	Writing
Movie	1967	Topo Gigio and the Missile War	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Kyoto	Director	Directing
Movie	1953	The Lovers	Writer	Writing
Movie	1953	The Lovers	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	The Woman Who Touched Legs	Writer	Writing
Movie	1983	The Makioka Sisters	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1951	Nightshade Flower	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1951	Nightshade Flower	Director	Directing
Movie	2001	Kah-chan	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	Galaxy Express 999: The Movie	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1950	Heat and Mud	Director	Directing
Movie	1950	Heat and Mud	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1948	A Flower Blooms	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	The Money Dance	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1952	Mr. Lucky	Director	Directing
Movie	1984	Ohan	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1984	Ohan	Director	Directing
Movie	1984	Ohan	Writer	Writing
Movie	1951	Koibito	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Island of Hell	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1959	Odd Obsession	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1973	The Wanderers	Producer's Assistant	Production
Movie	1973	The Wanderers	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1952	The Woman Who Touched the Legs	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1952	The Woman Who Touched the Legs	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	Kogarashi Monjirō Returns	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	Kogarashi Monjirō Returns	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1953	The Blue Revolution	Director	Directing
Movie	1955	Ghost Story of Youth	Director	Directing
Movie	1952	This Way, That Way	Director	Directing
Movie	1959	Goodbye, Hello	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1952	This Way, That Way	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1959	Goodbye, Hello	Director	Directing
Movie	1959	Goodbye, Hello	Story	Writing
Movie	1970	Dodes'ka-den	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1939	Old Songs	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1993	Fusa	Writer	Writing
Movie	1988	Crane	Director	Directing
Movie	1988	Crane	Writer	Writing
Movie	1935	Cowardly samurai squad	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1936	Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama	Director	Directing
Movie	1987	Actress	Producer	Production
Movie	1953	Youth of Heiji Senigata	Director	Directing
Movie	1953	Youth of Heiji Senigata	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1952	Forbidden Path	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1952	Forbidden Path	Director	Directing
Movie	1949	Ningen moyo	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	Shinsengumi	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	Shinsengumi	Writer	Writing
Movie	1943	Hyoroku's Dream Tale	Production Manager	Production
Movie	1943	World of Love	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1986	The Hall of the Crying Deer	Writer	Writing
Movie	1986	The Hall of the Crying Deer	Director	Directing
Movie	1957	The Crowded Train	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1976	The Inugami Family	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1977	Island of Hell	Director	Directing
Movie	1996	Un bel dì vedremo	Story	Writing
Movie	1954	All of Myself	Director	Directing
Movie	1954	All of Myself	Writer	Writing
Movie	1954	12 Chapters About Women	Director	Directing
Movie	2002	Ten Dark Women	Director	Directing
TV Show	2002	The Life of Bangaku	Director	Directing
TV Show	1972	Kogarashi Monjiro	Director	Directing
TV Show	1972	Kogarashi Monjiro	Writer	Writing
TV Show	1972	Kogarashi Monjiro	Creator	Creator