Kon Ichikawa
Japanese film director and screenwriter (1915-2008) · Japan · On the map · Directors · Died at 92
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 (1956) and Fires on the Plain (1959), to the documentary Tokyo Olympiad (1965), which won two BAFTA Film Awards, and the 19th-century revenge drama An Actor's Revenge...
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The Magic HourFilm, 2008Film Director2006
Murder of the Inugami ClanFilm, Director, Writer2002
The Life of BangakuSeries, Director2000Berlinale CameraAward1996
The 8-Tomb VillageFilm, Director, Writer1994Person of Cultural MeritAward
47 RoninFilm, 1994Director, Writer1986
The Adventures of Milo and OtisFilm, Director1982Medal with Purple RibbonAward1979
Galaxy Express 999: The MovieFilm, Writer1977
Island of HellFilm, Director, Producer1975
I Am a CatFilm, Director1972
Kogarashi MonjiroSeries, Director, Writer1970
Dodes'ka-denFilm, Producer1963Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAward
Alone Across the PacificFilm, 1963Director1961Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAward1960Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAwardJury PrizeAward
A Woman's TestamentFilm, 1960Director1958
ConflagrationFilm, Director, Writer1956
Punishment RoomFilm, Director1951
KoibitoFilm, Director, Writer1915Born20 November 1915People around Kon
Tatsuya Nakadai Kon directed Odd Obsession, Enjō and Phoenix
Machiko Kyō Kon directed Odd Obsession, Jokyo and Bonchi
Keiko Kishi Kon directed The Makioka Sisters and Her Brother
Ayako Wakao Kon directed An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Fujiko Yamamoto Kon directed An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Jūzō Itami Kon directed The Makioka Sisters and Her Brother
Kyōko Kishida Kon directed Princess from the Moon (1987)
Mitsuko Kusabue Also in The Inugami Family and Lullaby to Kill
Nakamura Ganjirō II Kon directed Odd Obsession (1959)
Tamao Nakamura Kon directed Enjō, Ten Dark Women and Bonchi
Eiji Funakoshi Kon directed Fires on the Plain (1959)
Jun Hamamura Kon directed The Burmese Harp and Odd Obsession
Kōji Ishizaka Kon directed The Burmese Harp (1985)
Mieko Takamine Kon directed The Inugamis and Rhyme of Vengeance
Tanie Kitabayashi Kon directed Odd Obsession, Enjō and The Heart
Kiichi Nakai Kon directed Princess from the Moon and 47 Ronin
Ichikawa Raizō VIII Kon directed An Actor's Revenge and Enjō
Sayuri Yoshinaga Kon directed The Makioka Sisters, Ohan and Crane
Masayuki Mori Kon directed Her Brother (1960)- Bunta Sugawara Kon directed I Went To and Crane
Tomisaburō Wakayama Kon directed Akuma no temari-uta and Phoenix
Hiroshi Kawaguchi Kon directed Her Brother and Jokyo
Masaichi Nagata Produced Fires on the Plain and Odd Obsession
Norihei Miki Also in The Inugami Family and Lullaby to Kill
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Tokyo Olympiad 1965
Fires on the Plain 1959
The Makioka Sisters 1983
Dodes'ka-den 1970
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie 1979
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His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films The Burmese Harp (1956) and Fires on the Plain (1959), to the documentary Tokyo Olympiad (1965), which won two BAFTA Film Awards, and the 19th-century revenge drama An Actor's Revenge (1963). His film Odd Obsession (1959) won the Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.
