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Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Born / DiedNov 20, 1915 (Died at 93)

Zodiac Sign♏Scorpio

Place of BirthMie, Japan

Career Span1936 – 2008

Known Credits104 Titles

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DirectingPopularity Score 1.6

Kon Ichikawa

Also known as:이치카와 곤Кон Итикава久里子亭市川儀一+10 more

Total Works

104

96 movies • 2 shows

Avg Rating

6.9 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

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Global Reach

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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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Kon Ichikawa's career

6.5

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

1986•movie

Role: Co-Director

7.8

The Burmese Harp

1956•movie

Role: Director

7.1

Dodes'ka-den

1970•movie

Role: Executive Producer

7.6

Fires on the Plain

1959•movie

Role: Director

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 104 titles featuring Kon Ichikawa

6.5

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

1986•movie

Role: Co-Director

7.8

The Burmese Harp

1956•movie

Role: Director

7.1

Dodes'ka-den

1970•movie

Role: Executive Producer

7.6

Fires on the Plain

1959•movie

Role: Director

6.9

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

1979•anime

Role: Screenplay

6.6

An Actor's Revenge

1963•movie

Role: Director

7.7

Tokyo Olympiad

1965•movie

Role: Director

7.4

The Makioka Sisters

1983•movie

Role: Director

7.5

The Magic Hour

2008•movie

as Film Director

6.8

The Inugami Family

1976•movie

Role: Director

6.2

Odd Obsession

1959•movie

Role: Director

7.1

Conflagration

1958•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Princess from the Moon

1987•movie

Role: Director

7.4

47 Ronin

1994•movie

Role: Director

7.1

Her Brother

1960•movie

Role: Director

7.1

Visions of Eight

1973•movie

as Narrator

6.9

Murder of the Inugami Clan

2006•movie

Role: Director

5.3

The Wanderers

1973•movie

Role: Director

6.9

Being Two Isn't Easy

1962•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Ten Nights of Dreams

2007•movie

Role: Director

6.6

Lullaby to Kill

1977•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The Heart

1955•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Alone Across the Pacific

1963•movie

Role: Director

5.9

Ten Women in Black

1961•movie

Role: Director

5.4

Dora-heita

2000•movie

Role: Director

6.8

The Broken Commandment

1962•movie

Role: Director

6.1

The Phoenix

1978•anime

Role: Director

7.6

Queen Bee

1978•movie

Role: Director

5.6

The Burmese Harp

1985•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The Kon Ichikawa Story

2006•movie

as Himself

6.4

A Woman's Testament

1960•movie

Role: Director

6.9

Punishment Room

1956•movie

Role: Director

5.9

Fusa

1995•movie

Role: Director

4.5

I Am a Cat

1975•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Koibito

1951•movie

Role: Writer

6.3

Noh Mask Murders

1991•movie

Role: Director

6.8

The Crowded Train

1957•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Topo Gigio and the Missile War

1967•anime

Role: Director

6.2

Island of Hell

1977•movie

Role: Executive Producer

7.0

Kurosawa

2000•movie

as Self

6.8

A Billionaire

1954•movie

Role: Director

6.2

The House of Hanging

1979•movie

Role: Director

6.5

Mr. Pu

1953•movie

Role: Director

6.8

The 8-Tomb Village

1996•movie

Role: Screenplay

7.7

Actress

1987•movie

Role: Director

7.7

Bonchi

1960•movie

Role: Screenplay

7.0

A Girl At Dojo Temple

1946•anime

Role: Director

7.8

Bridge of Japan

1956•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Koto: The Ancient City

1980•movie

Role: Director

8.3

Lonely Heart

1981•movie

Role: Director

6.7

365 Nights

1948•movie

Role: Director

6.8

Crane

1988•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Hole in One

1957•movie

Role: Director

5.0

To Love Again

1971•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

1936•anime

Role: Writer

8.0

The Lovers

1953•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The Woman Who Touched Legs

1960•movie

Role: Writer

7.5

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

1993•movie

Role: Director

8.5

This Way, That Way

1952•movie

Role: Director

7.5

Goodbye, Hello

1959•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Kogarashi Monjiro

1972•series

Role: Director

9.0

Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament

1968•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Between Women and Wives

1976•movie

Role: Director

4.0

Fallen Blossoms

1938•movie

Role: Assistant Director

4.0

Musume no kekkon

2003•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Pursuit At Dawn

1950•movie

Role: Director

9.0

The Money Dance

1964•movie

Role: Director

8.0

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

1947•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Sanshiro of Ginza

1950•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Endless Passion

1949•movie

Role: Director

10.0

The Man Without a Nationality

1951•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Stolen Love

1951•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Bengawan Solo

1951•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Wedding March

1951•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Kyoto

1969•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Nightshade Flower

1951•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Kah-chan

2001•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Heat and Mud

1950•movie

Role: Director

10.0

A Flower Blooms

1948•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Mr. Lucky

1952•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Ohan

1984•movie

Role: Director

8.0

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

1952•movie

Role: Screenplay

8.0

The Blue Revolution

1953•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Ghost Story of Youth

1955•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth

1953•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Forbidden Path

1952•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Ningen moyo

1949•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Shinsengumi

2000•anime

Role: Director

10.0

Hyoroku's Dream Tale

1943•movie

Role: Production Manager

10.0

World of Love

1943•movie

Role: Assistant Director

9.0

The Hall of the Crying Deer

1986•movie

Role: Director

7.0

12 Chapters About Women

1954•movie

Role: Director

7.0

365 Nights: Osaka

1948•movie

Role: Director

8.0

365 Nights: Tokyo

1948•movie

Role: Director

9.0

The Men of Toho-ku

1957•movie

Role: Director

9.0

The Tale of Genji

1966•movie

Role: Director

Enoken's Bow-Wow General

1940•movie

Role: Assistant Director

Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams

2007•movie

Role: Director

Old Songs

1939•movie

Role: Assistant Director

All of Myself

1954•movie

Role: Director

Ten Dark Women

2002•movie

Role: Director

Battleship Yamato

1990•movie

Role: Director

Edo wa aozora

1958•movie

Role: Adaptation

The Life of Bangaku

2002•series

Role: Director