Kon Ichikawa

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Kon Ichikawa

Directing November 20, 1915

Mie, Japan

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…

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The Adventures of Milo and Otis

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

6.5 1986 Movie
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

7.8 1956 Movie
Dodes'ka-den

Dodes'ka-den

7.1 1970 Movie
Fires on the Plain

Fires on the Plain

7.6 1959 Movie
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

6.9 1979 Movie
Kogarashi Monjiro

Kogarashi Monjiro

8.0 1972 TV Show
An Actor's Revenge

An Actor's Revenge

6.6 1963 Movie
The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters

7.4 1983 Movie
Tokyo Olympiad

Tokyo Olympiad

7.7 1965 Movie
The Magic Hour

The Magic Hour

7.5 2008 Movie
The Inugami Family

The Inugami Family

7.0 1976 Movie
Odd Obsession

Odd Obsession

6.3 1959 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2008
    The Magic Hour

    Movie Film Director

  2. 2007
    Ten Nights of Dreams

    Movie Director

  3. 2007
    Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams

    Movie Director

  4. 2006
    Murder of the Inugami Clan

    Movie Director

  5. 2006
    The Kon Ichikawa Story

    Movie Himself

  6. 2003
    Musume no kekkon

    Movie Director

  7. 2002
    Ten Dark Women

    Movie Director

  8. 2002
    The Life of Bangaku

    TV show Director

  9. 2001
    Kah-chan

    Movie Director

  10. 2000
    Kurosawa

    Movie Self

  11. 2000
    Dora-heita

    Movie Director

  12. 2000
    Shinsengumi

    Movie Director

  13. 1999
    Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema

    Movie Interviewee

  14. 1996
    The 8-Tomb Village

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1996
    Un bel dì vedremo

    Movie Story

  16. 1995
    Fusa

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1994
    47 Ronin

    Movie Director

  2. 1993
    Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

    Movie Director

  3. 1991
    Noh Mask Murders

    Movie Director

  4. 1990
    Battleship Yamato

    Movie Director

  5. 1988
    Crane

    Movie Director

  6. 1987
    Princess from the Moon

    Movie Director

  7. 1987
    Actress

    Movie Director

  8. 1986
    The Hall of the Crying Deer

    Movie Director

  9. 1986
    The Adventures of Milo and Otis

    Movie Co-Director

  10. 1985
    The Burmese Harp

    Movie Director

  11. 1984
    Ohan

    Movie Director

  12. 1983
    The Makioka Sisters

    Movie Director

  13. 1981
    Lonely Heart

    Movie Director

  14. 1980
    Koto: The Ancient City

    Movie Director

  15. 1979
    Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 1979
    The House of Hanging

    Movie Director

  17. 1978
    The Phoenix

    Movie Director

  18. 1978
    Queen Bee

    Movie Director

  19. 1977
    Island of Hell

    Movie Executive Producer

  20. 1977
    Lullaby to Kill

    Movie Director

  21. 1976
    The Inugami Family

    Movie Director

  22. 1976
    Between Women and Wives

    Movie Director

  23. 1975
    I Am a Cat

    Movie Director

  24. 1973
    Visions of Eight

    Movie Narrator