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Kon Ichikawa

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Born November 20, 1915 in Mie, JapanDied February 13, 200891 films

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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The Burmese Harp posterFirst watchThe Burmese Harp19567.8In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Fires on the Plain poster7.6Fires on the Plain1959Tokyo Olympiad poster7.7Tokyo Olympiad1965The Makioka Sisters poster7.4The Makioka Sisters1983An Actor's Revenge poster6.6An Actor's Revenge1963

Filmography

91 films as director
  1. 2007Ten Nights of DreamsDirector
  2. 2007Enlightenment: A Second Night of DreamsDirector
  3. 2006Murder of the Inugami ClanDirector
  4. 2003Musume no kekkonDirector
  5. 2002Ten Dark WomenDirector
  6. 2001Kah-chanDirector
  7. 2000Dora-heitaDirector
  8. 2000ShinsengumiDirector
  9. 1996The 8-Tomb VillageDirector
  10. 1995FusaDirector
  11. 199447 RoninDirector
  12. 1993Kogarashi Monjirō ReturnsDirector
  13. 1991Noh Mask MurdersDirector
  14. 1990Battleship YamatoDirector
  15. 1988CraneDirector
  16. 1987Princess from the MoonDirector
  17. 1987ActressDirector
  18. 1986The Hall of the Crying DeerDirector
  19. 1985The Burmese HarpDirector
  20. 1984OhanDirector
  21. 1983The Makioka SistersDirector
  22. 1981Lonely HeartDirector
  23. 1980Koto: The Ancient CityDirector
  24. 1979The House of HangingDirector
  25. 1978The PhoenixDirector
  26. 1978Queen BeeDirector
  27. 1977Island of HellDirector
  28. 1977Lullaby to KillDirector
  29. 1976The Inugami FamilyDirector
  30. 1976Between Women and WivesDirector
  31. 1975I Am a CatDirector
  32. 1973Visions of EightDirector
  33. 1973The WanderersDirector
  34. 1971To Love AgainDirector
  35. 1970Japan and the JapaneseDirector
  36. 1969KyotoDirector
  37. 1968Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball TournamentDirector
  38. 1967Topo Gigio and the Missile WarDirector
  39. 1966The Tale of GenjiDirector
  40. 1965Tokyo Olympics (International Version)Director
  41. 1965Tokyo OlympiadDirector
  42. 1964The Money DanceDirector
  43. 1963Alone Across the PacificDirector
  44. 1963An Actor's RevengeDirector
  45. 1962Being Two Isn't EasyDirector
  46. 1962The Broken CommandmentDirector
  47. 1961Ten Women in BlackDirector
  48. 1960Her BrotherDirector
  49. 1960BonchiDirector
  50. 1960A Woman's TestamentDirector
  51. 1959Fires on the PlainDirector
  52. 1959Odd ObsessionDirector
  53. 1959Goodbye, HelloDirector
  54. 1958ConflagrationDirector
  55. 1957Hole in OneDirector
  56. 1957The Men of Toho-kuDirector
  57. 1957The Crowded TrainDirector
  58. 1956Bridge of JapanDirector
  59. 1956Punishment RoomDirector
  60. 1956The Burmese HarpDirector
  61. 1955The HeartDirector
  62. 1955Ghost Story of YouthDirector
  63. 195412 Chapters About WomenDirector
  64. 1954A BillionaireDirector
  65. 1954All of MyselfDirector
  66. 1953The LoversDirector
  67. 1953Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His YouthDirector
  68. 1953The Blue RevolutionDirector
  69. 1953Mr. PuDirector
  70. 1952This Way, That WayDirector
  71. 1952The Woman Who Touched the LegsDirector
  72. 1952Forbidden PathDirector
  73. 1952Mr. LuckyDirector
  74. 1951Wedding MarchDirector
  75. 1951Bengawan SoloDirector
  76. 1951Stolen LoveDirector
  77. 1951The Man Without a NationalityDirector
  78. 1951KoibitoDirector
  79. 1951Nightshade FlowerDirector
  80. 1950Pursuit At DawnDirector
  81. 1950Heat and MudDirector
  82. 1950Sanshiro of GinzaDirector
  83. 1949Endless PassionDirector
  84. 1949Ningen moyoDirector
  85. 1948365 Nights: OsakaDirector
  86. 1948365 Nights: TokyoDirector
  87. 1948365 NightsDirector
  88. 1948A Flower BloomsDirector
  89. 1947A Thousand and One Nights with TohoDirector
  90. 1946A Girl At Dojo TempleDirector
  91. 1936Shinsetsu Kachikachi YamaDirector