Jun Ichikawa
1948-2008 Japanese film director and screenwriter · Japan · On the map · Directors · Died at 59
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.
Jun Ichikawa is read about 65 times a day, in 11 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 July 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
How to Become MyselfFilm, Director2005
Sunny HomeFilm2004
Tony TakitaniFilm, Director, Writer2001
Tokyo MarigoldFilm, Director, Writer2000
The Whispered CityFilm, Director1998
Tadon and ChikuwaFilm, Director, Writer1997
Tokyo LullabyFilm, Director1995
The Tokyo SiblingsFilm, Director1993
CrepeFilm, Director, Writer1990
TsugumiFilm, Director, Writer1989
No Life KingFilm, Director1987
BU・SUFilm, Director1986
Drifting PrincessFilm, Director, Writer1948Born25 November 1948People around Jun
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Issey Ogata Jun directed Tony Takitani (2004)
Kaori Momoi Jun directed Tokyo Lullaby (1997)
Yūko Tanaka Jun directed Osaka Story (1999)
Shinsuke Sato Also in Tokyo Lullaby and Tadon and Chikuwa
Yasuko Tomita Jun directed Bu Su (1987), also in BU・SU (1987)
Tomoko Nakajima Jun directed Tugumi (1990)
Riho Makise Jun directed Tugumi (1990)
Ryuichi Sakamoto Jun directed Tony Takitani (2004).jpg?width=250)
Hidetoshi Nishijima Jun directed Tony Takitani (2005)
Rie Miyazawa Jun directed Tony Takitani (2005)
Kenji Sawada Jun directed Osaka Story (1999)
Mitsuko Baishō Jun directed Tokyo Lullaby (1997)
Rena Tanaka Also in The Whispered City and Tokyo Marigold
Chizuru Ikewaki Jun directed Osaka Story (1999)
Isshin Inudo Also in Osaka Story and The Whispered City
Yukiyoshi Ozawa Also in The Whispered City and Tokyo Marigold
Hajime Hana Jun directed Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988)- Kei Suma Also in BU・SU (1987)
Kyōzō Nagatsuka Jun directed Tokyo Lullaby (1997)
Terry Ito Also in The Whispered City and Aogeba Tôtoshi
Masatoshi Sakai Produced Goaisatsu (1991)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 26
47 credits on file
About this person
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.
