Kon Ichikawa
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1915-11-20 · Mie, Japan
- Died
- 2008-02-13
Known for
- The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986) — Co-Director
- The Burmese Harp (1956) — Director
- Dodes'ka-den (1970) — Executive Producer
- Fires on the Plain (1959) — Director
- Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979) — Screenplay
- An Actor's Revenge (1963) — Director
- Tokyo Olympiad (1965) — Writer
- The Makioka Sisters (1983) — Director
- The Magic Hour (2008) — Film Director
- The Inugami Family (1976) — Director
- Odd Obsession (1959) — Director
- Conflagration (1958) — Director
- Princess from the Moon (1987) — Director
- 47 Ronin (1994) — Screenplay
- Her Brother (1960) — Director
- Visions of Eight (1973) — Narrator