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Kon Ichikawa (1915–2008)

Director | Writer | Producer

Kon Ichikawa has been influenced by artists as diverse as Walt Disney and Jean Renoir, and his films cover a wide spectrum of moods, from the comic to the overwhelmingly ironic and even the perverse. Ichikawa began his career as a cartoonist, and this influence is apparent in his skillful use of the widescreen... See full bio »

Born:

Giichi Ichikawa
in Mie, Japan

Died:

(age 92) in Tokyo, Japan
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2006 The Inugamis
 
2006 Ten Nights of Dreams
 
2003 Musume no kekkon (TV movie)
 
2002 Toubou (TV series)
– Onna to hashi (2002) (supervisor)
– Onna to kage (2002)
– Oto to onna (2002)
 
2001 Kah-chan
 
2000 Dora-heita
 
2000 Shinsengumi
 
1996 Yatsuhaka-mura
 
1994 47 Ronin
 
1993 Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjiro
 
1993 Shinjitsu ichiro (TV movie)
 
1993 Fusa
 
1991 Tenkawa densetsu satsujin jiken
 
1988 Tsuru
 
1987 Princess from the Moon
 
1987 Actress
 
1986 Rokumeikan
 
1985 Biruma no tategoto
 
1984 Ohan
 
1983 The Makioka Sisters
 
1981 Lonely Heart
 
1980 Koto
 
1979 Byoinzaka no kubikukuri no ie
 
1978 Firebird: Daybreak Chapter
 
1978 Joôbachi
 
1977 Gokumon-to
 
1977 The Devil's Ballad
 
1976 Inugami-ke no ichizoku
 
1976 Tsuma to onna no aida
 
1975 Wagahai wa neko de aru
 
1973 Visions of Eight (documentary) (segment "Fastest, The")
 
1973 The Wanderers
 
1971 Ai futatabi
 
1970 Nihon to nihonjin (documentary short)
 
1969 Kyoto (documentary short)
 
1968 Seishun (documentary)
 
1967 Toppo Jijo no botan senso
 
1966 Genji monogatari
 
1965 Tokyo Olympiad (documentary)
 
1963 Alone on the Pacific
 
1963 An Actor's Revenge
 
1963 The Money Dance
 
1962 Watashi wa nisai
 
1962 The Outcast
 
1961 Ten Dark Women
 
1960 Otouto
 
1960 Bonchi
 
1960 Jokyo (segment "Mono o takaku uritsukeru onna")
 
1959 Fires on the Plain
 
1959 Kagi
 
1959 Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwa
 
1958 Enjô
 
1957 Ana
 
1957 Tohoku no zunmu-tachi
 
1957 The Crowded Streetcar
 
1956 Nihonbashi
 
1956 Shokei no heya
 
1956 The Burmese Harp
 
1955 Seishun kaidan
 
1955 Kokoro
 
1954 Okuman choja
 
1954 Watashi no subete o
 
1954 Josei ni kansuru junisho
 
1953 Aijin
 
1953 Seishun Zenigata Heiji
 
1953 Aoiro kakumei
 
1953 Mr. Pu
 
1952 Ano te kono te
 
1952 Ashi ni sawatta onna
 
1952 Young People
 
1952 Rakki-san
 
1952 The Man Without a Nationality
 
1951 Wedding March
 
1951 River Solo Flows
 
1951 Koibito
 
1951 Nusumareta koi
 
1951 Ieraishan
 
1950 Ginza Sanshiro
 
1950 Heat and Mud
 
1950 Akatsuki no tsuiseki
 
1949 Sambyaku-rokujugo ya
 
1949 Human Patterns
 
1949 Passion Without End
 
1948 Sambyakurokujugo ya - Osaka-hen
 
1948 Sambyakurokujugo ya - Tokyo-hen
 
1948 A Flower Blooms
 
1947 A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
 
1946 Musume Dojoji (short)
 
1934 Kachikachi yama (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (50 titles)
2006 The Inugamis (screenplay)
 
2000 Dora-heita (screenplay)
 
2000 Shinsengumi
 
1997 Un bel di' vedremo
 
1996 Yatsuhaka-mura (screenplay)
 
1994 47 Ronin
 
1993 Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjiro (writer)
 
1993 Fusa (writer)
 
1991 Tenkawa densetsu satsujin jiken (screenplay)
 
1988 Tsuru (writer)
 
1987 Princess from the Moon
 
1987 Actress
 
1986 Rokumeikan
 
1984 Ohan
 
1983 The Makioka Sisters (writer)
 
1981 Lonely Heart (screenplay)
 
1980 Koto
 
1979 Galaxy Express 999: The Signature Edition (writer)
 
1979 Byoinzaka no kubikukuri no ie (screenplay)
 
1978 Joôbachi (writer)
 
1977 Gokumon-to (screenplay / as Kurishitei)
 
1977 The Devil's Ballad (screenplay / as Kurisutei)
 
1976 Inugami-ke no ichizoku (screenplay)
 
1973 The Wanderers (writer)
 
1967 Toppo Jijo no botan senso (screenplay)
 
1965 Tokyo Olympiad (documentary)
 
1963 The Money Dance (screenplay)
 
1960 The Woman Who Touched the Legs
 
1960 Bonchi
 
1959 Kagi (writer)
 
1959 Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwa (story and screenplay)
 
1958 Enjô (writer)
 
1957 Ana
 
1957 Tohoku no zunmu-tachi
 
1957 The Crowded Streetcar
 
1954 Okuman choja
 
1954 Watashi no subete o
 
1953 Aijin (writer)
 
1953 Seishun Zenigata Heiji (screenplay)
 
1953 Mr. Pu (writer)
 
1952 Ano te kono te (screenplay)
 
1952 Ashi ni sawatta onna (screenplay)
 
1952 Young People (screenplay)
 
1951 Wedding March
 
1951 River Solo Flows (screenplay)
 
1951 Ieraishan (screenplay)
 
1951 Koibito (screenplay)
 
1951 Nusumareta koi (screenplay)
 
1950 Heat and Mud
 
1936 Shinsetsu kachikachi yama (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (10 titles)
1987 Actress (producer)
 
1984 Ohan (executive producer)
 
1983 The Makioka Sisters (executive producer)
 
1977 Gokumon-to (producer)
 
1977 The Devil's Ballad (producer)
 
1973 The Wanderers (associate producer)
 
1970 Dodes'ka-den (planner)
 
1967 Toppo Jijo no botan senso (producer)
 
1962 Watashi wa nisai (producer)
 
1960 The Woman Who Touched the Legs (planner)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2000 Audrey (TV series) (main title calligraphy)
 
1986 The Adventures of Milo and Otis (associate director)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (2 titles)
1943 Hyoroku yume-monogatari (production manager)
 
1939 Hana-tsumi nikki (production manager)
 
1943 Ai no sekai: Yamaneko Tomi no hanashi (assistant director)
 
1939 Mukashi no uta (assistant director)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2008 The Magic Hour
Film director
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1959 Kagi
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
1936 Shinsetsu kachikachi yama (short)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (1 title)
1936 Shinsetsu kachikachi yama (short) (animator)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2006 The Kon Ichikawa Story (documentary)
 
2001 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– Kurosawa (2001) … Himself
 
1986 The 9th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 The 1st Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
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Alternate Names:

Kurishitei | Kurisutei
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I've made various types of films: period dramas, modern dramas, films set in the Meiji period. But I don't make any distinctions between them - they're all films. True, with a period drama, there are certain conventions. With a modern drama, there is a different style of shooting. So you have to make changes according to the genre... See more »

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Education: Ichioka Commercial School, Osaka (animation) See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio