Kon Ichikawa

male

Born on November 20, 1915 (109 years old)

Passed Away on February 13, 2008

From Mie, Japan

Known for Directing

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.

Cast Credits

2008
- The Magic Hour
  as
  Film Director
  2008
2006
- The Kon Ichikawa Story
  as
  Himself
  2006
2000
- Kurosawa
  as
  Self
  2000
1999
- no image
  Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema
  as
  Interviewee
  1999
1973
- Visions of Eight
  as
  Narrator
  1973

Crew Credits

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

Kon Ichikawa

Biography

Cast Credits

The Magic Hour

The Kon Ichikawa Story

Kurosawa

Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema

Visions of Eight

Crew Credits

Ten Nights of Dreams

Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams

Murder of the Inugami Clan

Murder of the Inugami Clan

Musume no kekkon

The Life of Bangaku

Kah-chan

Dora-heita

Dora-heita

Shinsengumi

Shinsengumi

The 8-Tomb Village

The 8-Tomb Village

Un bel dì vedremo

47 Ronin

47 Ronin

Fusa

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

Fusa

Noh Mask Murders

Noh Mask Murders

Crane

Crane

Princess from the Moon

Princess from the Moon

Actress

Actress

Actress

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

The Hall of the Crying Deer

The Hall of the Crying Deer

The Burmese Harp

Ohan

Ohan

Ohan

The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters

Lonely Heart

Lonely Heart

Koto: The Ancient City

Koto: The Ancient City

The House of Hanging

The House of Hanging

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

The Phoenix

Queen Bee

Queen Bee

Lullaby to Kill

Lullaby to Kill

Lullaby to Kill

Island of Hell

Island of Hell

The Inugami Family

Tsuma to onna no aida

The Inugami Family

I Am a Cat

Visions of Eight

The Wanderers

The Wanderers

The Wanderers

Kogarashi Monjiro

Kogarashi Monjiro

Kogarashi Monjiro

To Love Again

Japan and the Japanese

Dodes'ka-den

Kyoto

Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament

Topo Gigio and the Missile War