# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jun-ichikawa
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:43:34.833Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jun-ichikawa"
name: "Jun Ichikawa"
slug: "jun-ichikawa"
description: "Jun Ichikawa  was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first a director of television commercials before adding filmmaking to his creative activities. His most famous film outside Japan is Tony Takitani, an adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage after suddenly collapsing at a restaurant, shortly before his latest film, Buy a Suit, was to premier at the Tokyo International Film Festival."
tagline: "1948-2008 Japanese film director and screenwriter"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948-11-25"
deathDate: "2008-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.877868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0406722/"
    handle:    "nm0406722"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82%E5%B7%9D%E6%BA%96"
    title: "市川準"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "جون إيشيكاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "جون ايشيكاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Ichikawa"
    title: "Jun Ichikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Ichikawa"
    title: "Jun Ichikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Ichikawa"
    title: "Jun Ichikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "جون ایچیکاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Ichikawa"
    title: "Jun Ichikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Ichikawa_(regista)"
    title: "Jun Ichikawa (regista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82%E5%B7%9D%E6%BA%96"
    title: "市川準"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "जून इचिकावा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1370923"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump