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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

166

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-11-20

Day of Death

2008-02-13 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Mie, Japan

Also Known As

이치카와 곤

Кон Итикава

久里子亭

市川儀一

大川新之助

市川秋六

市川根作

곤 이치카와

이치가와 곤

곤 이치가와

콘 이치카와

이치카와 콘

Kon Ichikawa

市川昆

Kon Ichikawa

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 Magic Hour

The Magic Hour

Acting

The Magic Hour

2008

The Magic Hour

as

Film Director

The Kon Ichikawa Story

2006

The Kon Ichikawa Story

as

Himself

Kurosawa

2000

Kurosawa

as

Self

Visions of Eight

1973

Visions of Eight

as

Narrator

Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema

1999

Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema

as

Interviewee

Production

Being Two Isn't Easy

1962

Being Two Isn't Easy

as

Lullaby to Kill

1977

Lullaby to Kill

as

The Makioka Sisters

1983

The Makioka Sisters

as

Ohan

1984

Ohan

as

Island of Hell

1977

Island of Hell

as

The Wanderers

1973

The Wanderers

as

Dodes'ka-den

1970

Dodes'ka-den

as

Actress

1987

Actress

as

Hyoroku's Dream Tale

1943

Hyoroku's Dream Tale

as

The Woman Who Touched Legs

1960

The Woman Who Touched Legs

as

Crew

Tokyo Olympiad

1965

Tokyo Olympiad

as

Directing

47 Ronin

1994

47 Ronin

as

Fires on the Plain

1959

Fires on the Plain

as

Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament

1968

Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament

as

An Actor's Revenge

1963

An Actor's Revenge

as

The Burmese Harp

1956

The Burmese Harp

as

The Makioka Sisters

1983

The Makioka Sisters

as

Odd Obsession

1959

Odd Obsession

as

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

1986

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

as

Tokyo Olympiad

1965

Tokyo Olympiad

as

Visions of Eight

1973

Visions of Eight

as

Princess from the Moon

1987

Princess from the Moon

as

Dora-heita

2000

Dora-heita

as

The Inugami Family

1976

The Inugami Family

as

Murder of the Inugami Clan

2006

Murder of the Inugami Clan

as

Alone Across the Pacific

1963

Alone Across the Pacific

as

Conflagration

1958

Conflagration

as

Ten Nights of Dreams

2007

Ten Nights of Dreams

as

The Wanderers

1973

The Wanderers

as

Her Brother

1960

Her Brother

as

The Broken Commandment

1962

The Broken Commandment

as

Ten Dark Women

1961

Ten Dark Women

as

I Am a Cat

1975

I Am a Cat

as

Lullaby to Kill

1977

Lullaby to Kill

as

Actress

1987

Actress

as

The Heart

1955

The Heart

as

A Woman's Testament

1960

A Woman's Testament

as

Tsuma to onna no aida

1976

Tsuma to onna no aida

as

Being Two Isn't Easy

1962

Being Two Isn't Easy

as

Punishment Room

1956

Punishment Room

as

A Billionaire

1954

A Billionaire

as

Hole in One

1957

Hole in One

as

Fallen Blossoms

1938

Fallen Blossoms

as

Musume no kekkon

2003

Musume no kekkon

as

To Love Again

1971

To Love Again

as

The Phoenix

1978

The Phoenix

as

Japan and the Japanese

1970

Japan and the Japanese

as

Fusa

1995

Fusa

as

Bridge of Japan

1956

Bridge of Japan

as

A Girl At Dojo Temple

1946

A Girl At Dojo Temple

as

Pursuit At Dawn

1950

Pursuit At Dawn

as

Koto: The Ancient City

1980

Koto: The Ancient City

as

The House of Hanging

1979

The House of Hanging

as

The Money Dance

1964

The Money Dance

as

Enoken's Bow-Wow General

1940

Enoken's Bow-Wow General

as

Lonely Heart

1981

Lonely Heart

as

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

1947

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

as

Sanshiro of Ginza

1950

Sanshiro of Ginza

as

Endless Passion

1949

Endless Passion

as

The Man Without a Nationality

1951

The Man Without a Nationality

as

Wedding March

1951

Wedding March

as

Stolen Love

1951

Stolen Love

as

Bengawan Solo

1951

Bengawan Solo

as

Queen Bee

1978

Queen Bee

as

The Crowded Train

1957

The Crowded Train

as

Mr. Pu

1953

Mr. Pu

as

Bonchi

1960

Bonchi

as

The Burmese Harp

1985

The Burmese Harp

as

Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams

2007

Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams

as

The 8-Tomb Village

1996

The 8-Tomb Village

as

365 Nights

1948

365 Nights

as

Noh Mask Murders

1991

Noh Mask Murders

as

Topo Gigio and the Missile War

1967

Topo Gigio and the Missile War

as

Kyoto

1969

Kyoto

as

The Lovers

1953

The Lovers

as

Nightshade Flower

1951

Nightshade Flower

as

Kah-chan

2001

Kah-chan

as

Heat and Mud

1950

Heat and Mud

as

A Flower Blooms

1948

A Flower Blooms

as

Mr. Lucky

1952

Mr. Lucky

as

Ohan

1984

Ohan

as

Koibito

1951

Koibito

as

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

1952

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

as

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

1993

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

as

The Blue Revolution

1953

The Blue Revolution

as

Ghost Story of Youth

1955

Ghost Story of Youth

as

This Way, That Way

1952

This Way, That Way

as

Goodbye, Hello

1959

Goodbye, Hello

as

Old Songs

1939

Old Songs

as

Crane

1988

Crane

as

Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

1936

Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

as

Youth of Heiji Senigata

1953

Youth of Heiji Senigata

as

Forbidden Path

1952

Forbidden Path

as

Ningen moyo

1949

Ningen moyo

as

Shinsengumi

2000

Shinsengumi

as

World of Love

1943

World of Love

as

The Hall of the Crying Deer

1986

The Hall of the Crying Deer

as

Island of Hell

1977

Island of Hell

as

All of Myself

1954

All of Myself

as

12 Chapters About Women

1954

12 Chapters About Women

as

Ten Dark Women

2002

Ten Dark Women

as

Sambyakurokujugo ya - Osaka-hen

Sambyakurokujugo ya - Osaka-hen

as

Sanbyaku rokujû-go ya: Tôkyô-hen

Sanbyaku rokujû-go ya: Tôkyô-hen

as

Tôhoku no zunmu-tachi

Tôhoku no zunmu-tachi

as

The Life of Bangaku

The Life of Bangaku

as

Kogarashi Monjiro

Kogarashi Monjiro

as