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Kon Ichikawa

Directing

Born November 20, 1915 · Mie, Japan

Died February 13, 2008

Also known as 이치카와 곤 · Кон Итикава · 久里子亭

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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.

Awards & recognition

  • Berlinale Camera · 2000
  • Person of Cultural Merit · 1994
  • Medal with Purple Ribbon · 1982
  • Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Director · 1963
  • Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Director · 1961
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  • Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Director · 1960
  • Jury Prize · 1960
  • Golden Arrow Award
  • Mainichi Film Award — Best Director

Filmography16 titles

The Burmese Harp

1956Director

Tokyo Olympiad

1965Director, Thanks, Writer

Fires on the Plain

1959Director

The Makioka Sisters

1983Director, Executive Producer, Writer

Visions of Eight

1973as Narrator

Dodes'ka-den

1970Executive Producer

Her Brother

1960Director

Conflagration

1958Director, Screenplay

Being Two Isn't Easy

1962Director, Producer

Galaxy Express 999

1979Screenplay

An Actor's Revenge

1963Director

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

1986Co-Director

Ten Nights of Dreams

2006Director

Princess from the Moon

1987Director, Writer

Odd Obsession

1959Director, Editor, Screenplay

The Life of Bangaku

Director