Kon Ichikawa
Known for: Directing
Born: November 20, 1915
Died: February 13, 2008
Place of birth: 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 the documentary Tokyo Olympiad, which won two BAFTA Film Awards, and the 19th-century revenge drama An Actor's Revenge.
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Filmography
105 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
7.5
The Magic Hour
2008
6.3
Ten Nights of Dreams
2007
NR
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
2007
6.9
Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006
7.0
The Kon Ichikawa Story
2006
4.0
Musume no kekkon
2003
NR
Ten Dark Women
2002
NR
The Life of Bangaku
2002
8.0
Kah-chan
2001
7.0
Kurosawa
2000
5.4
Dora-heita
2000
9.0
Shinsengumi
2000NR
Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema
1999
6.8
The 8-Tomb Village
19969.0
Un bel dì vedremo
1996
5.9
Fusa
1995
7.4
47 Ronin
1994
7.5
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993
6.3
Noh Mask Murders
1991
NR
Battleship Yamato
1990
6.8
Crane
1988
6.4
Princess from the Moon
1987
7.7
Actress
1987
9.0
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
6.5
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986
5.6
The Burmese Harp
1985
7.0
Ohan
1984
7.4
The Makioka Sisters
1983
7.5
Lonely Heart
1981
7.0
Koto: The Ancient City
1980
6.9
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979
6.2
The House of Hanging
1979
6.1
The Phoenix
1978
7.6
Queen Bee
1978
6.2
Island of Hell
1977
6.6
Lullaby to Kill
1977
7.0
The Inugami Family
1976
7.0
Between Women and Wives
1976
4.0
I Am a Cat
1975
7.1
Visions of Eight
1973
5.3
The Wanderers
1973
8.0
Kogarashi Monjiro
1972
5.0
To Love Again
1971
7.1
Dodes'ka-den
19707.0
Japan and the Japanese
1970
8.0
Kyoto
1969
9.0
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
1968
6.0
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
1967
9.0
The Tale of Genji
1966
7.7
Tokyo Olympiad
1965
9.0
The Money Dance
1964
7.0
Alone Across the Pacific
1963
6.6
An Actor's Revenge
1963
6.9
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
6.8
The Broken Commandment
1962
5.8
Ten Dark Women
1961
7.1
Her Brother
1960
7.0
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
7.7
Bonchi
1960
6.4
A Woman's Testament
1960
7.6
Fires on the Plain
1959
6.3
Odd Obsession
1959
7.5
Goodbye, Hello
1959
7.1
Conflagration
1958
8.0
Hole in One
1957
9.0
The Men of Toho-ku
1957
6.8
The Crowded Train
1957
7.8
Bridge of Japan
1956
6.9
Punishment Room
1956
7.8
The Burmese Harp
1956
7.0
The Heart
1955
10.0
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
7.0
12 Chapters About Women
1954
6.8
A Billionaire
1954
NR
All of Myself
1954
8.0
The Lovers
1953
7.0
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
1953
8.0
The Blue Revolution
1953
6.5
Mr. Pu
1953
8.5
This Way, That Way
1952
8.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
8.0
Forbidden Path
1952
10.0
Mr. Lucky
1952
10.0
Wedding March
1951
8.0
Bengawan Solo
1951
10.0
Stolen Love
1951
10.0
The Man Without a Nationality
1951
6.0
Koibito
1951
8.0
Nightshade Flower
1951
8.0
Pursuit At Dawn
1950
7.0
Heat and Mud
1950
7.0
Sanshiro of Ginza
1950
8.0
Endless Passion
1949
7.0
Ningen moyo
1949
7.0
365 Nights: Osaka
19488.0
365 Nights: Tokyo
1948
6.7
365 Nights
1948
10.0
A Flower Blooms
1948
8.0
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
7.0
A Girl At Dojo Temple
1946
10.0
World of Love
1943
10.0
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
1943
NR
Enoken's Bow-Wow General
1940
NR
Old Songs
1939
4.0
Fallen Blossoms
1938
7.0
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
1936NR
Cowardly samurai squad
1935