Kon Ichikawa

Director

Born: November 20, 1915 (92 years old)

Died: February 13, 2008

Place of birth: Mie, Japan

Biography

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 (35)

• The Magic Hour (2008, ★ 7.5)
• The Kon Ichikawa Story (2006, ★ 7)
• Visions of Eight (1973, ★ 7)
• 47 Ronin (1994, ★ 7.3)
• Fires on the Plain (1959, ★ 7.6)
• The Burmese Harp (1956, ★ 7.9)
• Tokyo Olympiad (1965, ★ 7.7)
• An Actor's Revenge (1963, ★ 6.6)
• The Makioka Sisters (1983, ★ 7.4)
• Odd Obsession (1959, ★ 6.2)
• The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986, ★ 6.5)
• Princess from the Moon (1987, ★ 6.4)
• The Inugami Family (1976, ★ 6.9)
• Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006, ★ 6.9)
• Alone Across the Pacific (1963, ★ 6.9)
• Conflagration (1958, ★ 7.1)
• Ten Nights of Dreams (2007, ★ 6.4)
• Her Brother (1960, ★ 6.9)
• The Broken Commandment (1962, ★ 6.6)
• Lullaby to Kill (1977, ★ 6.4)
• The Heart (1955, ★ 6.8)
• Being Two Isn't Easy (1962, ★ 6.8)
• Punishment Room (1956, ★ 6.9)
• Queen Bee (1978, ★ 7.3)
• Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979, ★ 6.8)
• Dodes'ka-den (1970, ★ 7.1)
• Dora-heita (2000, ★ 5.2)
• The Wanderers (1973, ★ 5.3)
• Ten Dark Women (1961, ★ 5.5)
• A Woman's Testament (1960, ★ 5.8)