Kon Ichikawa
Directing
Born: November 20, 1915 · Mie, Japan
Died: February 13, 2008 (aged 92)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986
The Burmese Harp
1956
Dodes'ka-den
1970
Fires on the Plain
1959
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Tokyo Olympiad
1965
The Makioka Sisters
1983
The Magic Hour
2008
The Inugami Family
1976
Odd Obsession
1959
Conflagration
1958
Photos (1)
Movies (2)
Self / Appearances (2)
Directing (96)
Kogarashi Monjiro
Director
The Burmese Harp
Director
The Makioka Sisters
Director
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Co-Director
The Life of Bangaku
Director
Odd Obsession
Director
The Inugami Family
Director
47 Ronin
Director
The House of Hanging
Director
Island of Hell
Director
Fires on the Plain
Director
Ten Nights of Dreams
Director
Princess from the Moon
Director
Punishment Room
Director
All of Myself
Director
I Am a Cat
Director
Lullaby to Kill
Director
Koto: The Ancient City
Director
The Broken Commandment
Director
Tokyo Olympiad
Director
An Actor's Revenge
Director
A Woman's Testament
Director
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Director
The Crowded Train
Director
Queen Bee
Director
Conflagration
Director
Lonely Heart
Director
The 8-Tomb Village
Director
Ten Women in Black
Director
Dora-heita
Director
The Heart
Director
Actress
Director
Her Brother
Director
The Burmese Harp
Director
Ohan
Director
The Phoenix
Director
Visions of Eight
Director
The Tale of Genji
Director
Forbidden Path
Director
Between Women and Wives
Director
Bengawan Solo
Director
Kah-chan
Director
Hole in One
Director
Bridge of Japan
Director
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Director
12 Chapters About Women
Director
Shinsengumi
Director
Noh Mask Murders
Director
Heat and Mud
Director
Battleship Yamato
Director
Crane
Director
Alone Across the Pacific
Director
Mr. Pu
Director
A Billionaire
Director
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Director
Ghost Story of Youth
Director
The Money Dance
Director
Mr. Lucky
Director
Being Two Isn't Easy
Director
Fusa
Director
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Director
Stolen Love
Director
365 Nights
Director
The Lovers
Director
Goodbye, Hello
Director
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
Director
Bonchi
Director
World of Love
Assistant Director
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Director
This Way, That Way
Director
To Love Again
Director
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
Director
Nightshade Flower
Director
Fallen Blossoms
Assistant Director
Ningen moyo
Director
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Director
Enoken's Bow-Wow General
Assistant Director
The Men of Toho-ku
Director
Koibito
Director
Endless Passion
Director
Sanshiro of Ginza
Director
The Wanderers
Director
Ten Dark Women
Director
Pursuit At Dawn
Director
A Flower Blooms
Director
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
Director
The Blue Revolution
Director
Musume no kekkon
Director
The Man Without a Nationality
Director
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
Director
A Girl At Dojo Temple
Director
Old Songs
Assistant Director
Wedding March
Director
Kyoto
Director
365 Nights: Tokyo
Director
365 Nights: Osaka
Director
Writing (54)
Kogarashi Monjiro
Writer
Edo wa aozora
Adaptation
The Makioka Sisters
Writer
Odd Obsession
Screenplay
The Inugami Family
Screenplay
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Screenplay
47 Ronin
Screenplay
The House of Hanging
Screenplay
Princess from the Moon
Writer
All of Myself
Writer
Lullaby to Kill
Screenplay
Koto: The Ancient City
Writer
Tokyo Olympiad
Writer
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Writer
The Crowded Train
Screenplay
Queen Bee
Writer
Conflagration
Screenplay
Lonely Heart
Screenplay
The 8-Tomb Village
Screenplay
Dora-heita
Screenplay
Actress
Screenplay
Ohan
Writer
Forbidden Path
Screenplay
Bengawan Solo
Writer
Hole in One
Writer
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Screenplay
Shinsengumi
Writer
Noh Mask Murders
Screenplay
Heat and Mud
Screenplay
Battleship Yamato
Screenplay
Crane
Writer
Mr. Pu
Writer
A Billionaire
Writer
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Writer
The Money Dance
Screenplay
Fusa
Writer
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Screenplay
Stolen Love
Writer
The Lovers
Writer
Goodbye, Hello
Story
Goodbye, Hello
Screenplay
Bonchi
Screenplay
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Writer
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Screenplay
This Way, That Way
Screenplay
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
Writer
Nightshade Flower
Screenplay
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Writer
The Men of Toho-ku
Screenplay
Koibito
Writer
The Wanderers
Screenplay
Pursuit At Dawn
Story
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
Writer
Wedding March
Writer
Producing (10)
The Makioka Sisters
Executive Producer
Dodes'ka-den
Executive Producer
Island of Hell
Executive Producer
Lullaby to Kill
Executive Producer
Actress
Producer
Ohan
Executive Producer
Being Two Isn't Easy
Producer
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
Production Manager
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Executive Producer
The Wanderers
Producer's Assistant