Kon Ichikawa

    Known For

    Directing

    Birthday

    November 20, 1915

    Day of Death

    February 13, 2008 (92 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Mie, Japan

    Kon Ichikawa

    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.

    Known For

    • The Adventures of Milo and Otis

      The Adventures of Milo and Otis

      1986

    • The Burmese Harp

      The Burmese Harp

      1956

    • Dodes'ka-den

      Dodes'ka-den

      1970

    • Fires on the Plain

      Fires on the Plain

      1959

    • Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

      Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

      1979

    • An Actor's Revenge

      An Actor's Revenge

      1963

    • Tokyo Olympiad

      Tokyo Olympiad

      1965

    • The Makioka Sisters

      The Makioka Sisters

      1983

    • The Inugami Family

      The Inugami Family

      1976

    • Odd Obsession

      Odd Obsession

      1959

    • Conflagration

      Conflagration

      1958

    • Princess from the Moon

      Princess from the Moon

      1987

    • 47 Ronin

      47 Ronin

      1994

    • Visions of Eight

      Visions of Eight

      1973

    • Murder of the Inugami Clan

      Murder of the Inugami Clan

      2006