Directing
Kon Ichikawa
- Born
- November 20, 1915
- Died
- February 13, 2008
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
Known for
7.5The Magic Hour
2008
7.0The Kon Ichikawa Story
2006
7.0Kurosawa
2000
7.1Visions of Eight
1973
7.447 Ronin
1994
7.6Fires on the Plain
1959
9.0Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
1968
6.6An Actor's Revenge
1963
7.8The Burmese Harp
1956
7.4The Makioka Sisters
1983
6.3Odd Obsession
1959
6.5The Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986
7.7Tokyo Olympiad
1965
6.4Princess from the Moon
1987
5.4Dora-heita
2000
7.0The Inugami Family
1976
6.9Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006
7.0Alone Across the Pacific
1963