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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.

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Directing

1936

[ ] Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama (Director)

1938

[ ] Fallen Blossoms (Assistant Director)

1939

[ ] Old Songs (Assistant Director)

1940

[ ] Enoken's Bow-Wow General (Assistant Director)

1943

[ ] World of Love (Assistant Director)

1946

[ ] A Girl At Dojo Temple (Director)

1947

[ ] A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (Director)

1948

[ ] 365 Nights (Director)
[ ] A Flower Blooms (Director)

1949

[ ] Endless Passion (Director)
[ ] Ningen moyo (Director)

1950

[ ] Pursuit At Dawn (Director)
[ ] Sanshiro of Ginza (Director)
[ ] Heat and Mud (Director)

1951

[ ] The Man Without a Nationality (Director)
[ ] Wedding March (Director)
[ ] Stolen Love (Director)
[ ] Bengawan Solo (Director)
[ ] Nightshade Flower (Director)
[ ] Koibito (Director)

1952

[ ] Mr. Lucky (Director)
[ ] The Woman Who Touched the Legs (Director)
[ ] This Way, That Way (Director)
[ ] Forbidden Path (Director)

1953

[ ] Mr. Pu (Director)
[ ] The Lovers (Director)
[ ] The Blue Revolution (Director)
[ ] Youth of Heiji Senigata (Director)

1954

[ ] A Billionaire (Director)
[ ] All of Myself (Director)
[ ] 12 Chapters About Women (Director)

1955

[ ] The Heart (Director)
[ ] Ghost Story of Youth (Director)

1956

[ ] The Burmese Harp (Director)
[ ] Punishment Room (Director)
[ ] Bridge of Japan (Director)

1957

[ ] Hole in One (Director)
[ ] The Crowded Train (Director)

1958

[ ] Conflagration (Director)

1959

[ ] Fires on the Plain (Director)
[ ] Odd Obsession (Director)
[ ] Goodbye, Hello (Director)

1960

[ ] Her Brother (Director)
[ ] A Woman's Testament (Director)
[ ] Bonchi (Director)

1961

[ ] Ten Dark Women (Director)

1962

[ ] The Broken Commandment (Director)
[ ] Being Two Isn't Easy (Director)

1963

[ ] An Actor's Revenge (Director)
[ ] Alone Across the Pacific (Director)

1964

[ ] The Money Dance (Director)

1965

[ 7/10 ] Tokyo Olympiad (Director)

1966

[ ] The Tale of Genji (Director)

1967

[ ] Topo Gigio and the Missile War (Director)

1968

[ ] Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament (Director)

1969

[ ] Kyoto (Director)

1970

[ ] Japan and the Japanese (Director)

1971

[ ] To Love Again (Director)

1973

[ ] Visions of Eight (Director)
[ ] The Wanderers (Director)

1975

[ ] I Am a Cat (Director)

1976

[ ] The Inugami Family (Director)
[ ] Tsuma to onna no aida (Director)

1977

[ ] Lullaby to Kill (Director)
[ ] Island of Hell (Director)

1978

[ ] The Phoenix (Director)
[ ] Queen Bee (Director)

1979

[ ] The House of Hanging (Director)

1980

[ ] Koto: The Ancient City (Director)

1981

[ ] Lonely Heart (Director)

1983

[ ] The Makioka Sisters (Director)

1984

[ ] Ohan (Director)

1985

[ ] The Burmese Harp (Director)

1986

[ ] The Adventures of Milo and Otis (Co-Director)
[ ] The Hall of the Crying Deer (Director)

1987

[ ] Princess from the Moon (Director)
[ ] Actress (Director)

1988

[ ] Crane (Director)

1991

[ ] Noh Mask Murders (Director)

1993

[ ] Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (Director)

1994

[ ] 47 Ronin (Director)

1995

[ ] Fusa (Director)

1996

[ ] The 8-Tomb Village (Director)

2000

[ ] Dora-heita (Director)
[ ] Shinsengumi (Director)

2001

[ ] Kah-chan (Director)

2002

[ ] Ten Dark Women (Director)

2003

[ ] Musume no kekkon (Director)

2006

[ ] Murder of the Inugami Clan (Director)

2007

[ ] Ten Nights of Dreams (Director)
[ ] Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams (Director)

????

[ ] Sambyakurokujugo ya - Osaka-hen (Director)
[ ] Sanbyaku rokujû-go ya: Tôkyô-hen (Director)
[ ] Tôhoku no zunmu-tachi (Director)

Writing

1936

[ ] Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama (Writer)

1947

[ ] A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (Writer)

1950

[ ] Pursuit At Dawn (Story)
[ ] Heat and Mud (Screenplay)

1951

[ ] Koibito (Writer)
[ ] Stolen Love (Writer)
[ ] Bengawan Solo (Writer)
[ ] Wedding March (Writer)
[ ] Nightshade Flower (Screenplay)

1952

[ ] The Woman Who Touched the Legs (Screenplay)
[ ] This Way, That Way (Screenplay)
[ ] Forbidden Path (Screenplay)

1953

[ ] Mr. Pu (Writer)
[ ] The Lovers (Writer)
[ ] Youth of Heiji Senigata (Screenplay)

1954

[ ] A Billionaire (Writer)
[ ] All of Myself (Writer)

1957

[ ] Hole in One (Writer)
[ ] The Crowded Train (Screenplay)

1958

[ ] Conflagration (Writer)

1959

[ ] Odd Obsession (Screenplay)
[ ] Goodbye, Hello (Screenplay)
[ ] Goodbye, Hello (Story)

1960

[ ] Bonchi (Screenplay)
[ ] The Woman Who Touched Legs (Writer)

1964

[ ] The Money Dance (Screenplay)

1965

[ 7/10 ] Tokyo Olympiad (Writer)

1967

[ ] Topo Gigio and the Missile War (Writer)

1973

[ ] The Wanderers (Screenplay)

1976

[ ] The Inugami Family (Screenplay)

1977

[ ] Lullaby to Kill (Screenplay)

1978

[ ] Queen Bee (Writer)

1979

[ ] The House of Hanging (Screenplay)
[ ] Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (Screenplay)

1980

[ ] Koto: The Ancient City (Writer)

1981

[ ] Lonely Heart (Screenplay)

1983

[ ] The Makioka Sisters (Writer)

1984

[ ] Ohan (Writer)

1986

[ ] The Hall of the Crying Deer (Writer)

1987

[ ] Princess from the Moon (Writer)
[ ] Actress (Writer)

1988

[ ] Crane (Writer)

1991

[ ] Noh Mask Murders (Screenplay)

1993

[ ] Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (Screenplay)

1994

[ ] 47 Ronin (Screenplay)

1995

[ ] Fusa (Writer)

1996

[ ] The 8-Tomb Village (Screenplay)
[ ] Un bel dì vedremo (Story)

2000

[ ] Dora-heita (Screenplay)
[ ] Shinsengumi (Writer)

2006

[ ] Murder of the Inugami Clan (Writer)

Crew

1965

[ 7/10 ] Tokyo Olympiad (Thanks)

Production

1943

[ ] Hyoroku's Dream Tale (Production Manager)

1960

[ ] The Woman Who Touched Legs (Executive Producer)

1962

[ ] Being Two Isn't Easy (Producer)

1970

[ ] Dodes'ka-den (Executive Producer)

1973

[ ] The Wanderers (Producer's Assistant)

1977

[ ] Lullaby to Kill (Executive Producer)
[ ] Island of Hell (Executive Producer)

1983

[ ] The Makioka Sisters (Executive Producer)

1984

[ ] Ohan (Executive Producer)

1987

[ ] Actress (Producer)

Editing

1959

[ ] Odd Obsession (Editor)

Visual Effects

1935

[ ] Cowardly samurai squad (Animation)

Actor

1973

[ ] Visions of Eight (Narrator)

1999

[ ] Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema (Interviewee)

2000

[ ] Kurosawa (Self)

2006

[ ] The Kon Ichikawa Story (Himself)

2008

[ ] The Magic Hour (Film Director)