Kon Ichikawa
Known for
Directing
Born
November 20, 1915
Birthplace
Mie, Japan
Died
February 13, 2008 (aged 92)
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.
Best known work
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986
The Burmese Harp
1956
Dodes'ka-den
1970
Fires on the Plain
1959
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Tokyo Olympiad
1965
The Makioka Sisters
1983
The Magic Hour
2008
The Inugami Family
1976Filmography
2008
The Magic Houras Film Director
2007
Ten Nights of DreamsDirector
2007
2006
Murder of the Inugami ClanDirector, Writer
2006
The Kon Ichikawa Storyas Himself
2003
Musume no kekkonDirector
2002
Ten Dark WomenDirector
2002
2001
Kah-chanDirector
2000
Kurosawaas Self
2000
Dora-heitaDirector, Screenplay
2000
ShinsengumiDirector, Writer
1999
Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinemaas Interviewee
1996
The 8-Tomb VillageScreenplay, Director
1996
Un bel dì vedremoStory
1995
FusaDirector, Writer
1994
47 RoninDirector, Screenplay
1993
Kogarashi Monjirō ReturnsDirector, Screenplay
1991
Noh Mask MurdersDirector, Screenplay
1990
Battleship YamatoDirector, Screenplay
1988
CraneDirector, Writer
1987
Princess from the MoonDirector, Writer
1987
ActressDirector, Producer, Screenplay
1986
The Hall of the Crying DeerDirector, Writer
1986
The Adventures of Milo and OtisCo-Director