Kon Ichikawa

Directing • 1915-11-20 • Mie, Japan

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

6.5

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

1986

7.9

The Burmese Harp

1956

7.1

Dodes'ka-den

1970

7.6

Fires on the Plain

1959

6.9

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

1979

6.6

An Actor's Revenge

1963

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Filmography

2007
Ten Nights of DreamsFilm
Director
★ 6.4
2007
Enlightenment: A Second Night of DreamsFilm
Director
2006
Murder of the Inugami ClanFilm
Director
★ 6.9
2003
Musume no kekkonFilm
Director
★ 4.0
2002
The Life of BangakuTV
Director • 10 episodes
2002
Ten Dark WomenFilm
Director
2001
Kah-chanFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2000
Dora-heitaFilm
Director
★ 5.4
2000
ShinsengumiFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1996
The 8-Tomb VillageFilm
Director
★ 6.8
1995
FusaFilm
Director
★ 5.9
1994
47 RoninFilm
Director
★ 7.4
1993
Kogarashi Monjirō ReturnsFilm
Director
★ 7.5
1991
Noh Mask MurdersFilm
Director
★ 6.3
1990
Battleship YamatoFilm
Director
1988
CraneFilm
Director
★ 6.8
1987
Princess from the MoonFilm
Director
★ 6.4
1987
ActressFilm
Director
★ 7.7
1986
The Adventures of Milo and OtisFilm
Co-Director
★ 6.5
1986
The Hall of the Crying DeerFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1985
The Burmese HarpFilm
Director
★ 5.6
1984
OhanFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1983
The Makioka SistersFilm
Director
★ 7.4
1981
Lonely HeartFilm
Director
★ 8.3
1980
Koto: The Ancient CityFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1979
The House of HangingFilm
Director
★ 6.2
1978
Queen BeeFilm
Director
★ 7.6
1978
The PhoenixFilm
Director
★ 6.1
1977
Lullaby to KillFilm
Director
★ 6.6
1977
Island of HellFilm
Director
★ 6.3
1976
The Inugami FamilyFilm
Director
★ 6.8
1976
Between Women and WivesFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1975
I Am a CatFilm
Director
★ 4.5
1973
Visions of EightFilm
Director
★ 7.1
1973
The WanderersFilm
Director
★ 5.3
1972
Kogarashi MonjiroTV
Director • 5 episodes
★ 8.0
1971
To Love AgainFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1970
Japan and the JapaneseFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1969
KyotoFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1968
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball TournamentFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1967
Topo Gigio and the Missile WarFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1966
The Tale of GenjiFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1965
Tokyo OlympiadFilm
Director
★ 7.7
1965
Tokyo Olympics (International Version)Film
Director
1964
The Money DanceFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1963
An Actor's RevengeFilm
Director
★ 6.6
1963
Alone Across the PacificFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1962
Being Two Isn't EasyFilm
Director
★ 6.9
1962
The Broken CommandmentFilm
Director
★ 6.8
1961
Ten Women in BlackFilm
Director
★ 5.9
1960
Her BrotherFilm
Director
★ 7.1
1960
A Woman's TestamentFilm
Director
★ 6.4
1960
BonchiFilm
Director
★ 7.7
1959
Fires on the PlainFilm
Director
★ 7.6
1959
Odd ObsessionFilm
Director
★ 6.2
1959
Goodbye, HelloFilm
Director
★ 7.5
1958
ConflagrationFilm
Director
★ 7.1
1957
The Crowded TrainFilm
Director
★ 6.8
1957
Hole in OneFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1957
The Men of Toho-kuFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1956
The Burmese HarpFilm
Director
★ 7.9
1956
Punishment RoomFilm
Director
★ 6.9
1956
Bridge of JapanFilm
Director
★ 7.8
1955
The HeartFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1955
Ghost Story of YouthFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1954
A BillionaireFilm
Director
★ 6.8
1954
12 Chapters About WomenFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1954
All of MyselfFilm
Director
1953
Mr. PuFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1953
The LoversFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1953
The Blue RevolutionFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1953
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His YouthFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1952
This Way, That WayFilm
Director
★ 8.5
1952
Mr. LuckyFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1952
The Woman Who Touched the LegsFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1952
Forbidden PathFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1951
KoibitoFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1951
Wedding MarchFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1951
The Man Without a NationalityFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1951
Stolen LoveFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1951
Bengawan SoloFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1951
Nightshade FlowerFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1950
Pursuit At DawnFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1950
Sanshiro of GinzaFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1950
Heat and MudFilm
Director
★ 4.0
1949
Endless PassionFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1949
Ningen moyoFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1948
365 NightsFilm
Director
★ 6.7
1948
A Flower BloomsFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1948
365 Nights: TokyoFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1948
365 Nights: OsakaFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1947
A Thousand and One Nights with TohoFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1946
A Girl At Dojo TempleFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1943
World of LoveFilm
Assistant Director
★ 10.0
1940
Enoken's Bow-Wow GeneralFilm
Assistant Director
1939
Old SongsFilm
Assistant Director
1938
Fallen BlossomsFilm
Assistant Director
★ 4.0
1936
Shinsetsu Kachikachi YamaFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1935
Cowardly samurai squadFilm
Director