Kon Ichikawa · Cineora

ABOUT KON

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born20 November 1915

Died13 February 2008

BirthplaceMie, Japan

Known forDirecting

On Cineora25 of 99 titles

Known for

The titles people know Kon from.

Movie

The Burmese Harp

1956IMDb8.0

Movie

Fires on the Plain

1959IMDb7.9

Movie

An Actor's Revenge

1963IMDb7.3

Movie

Tokyo Olympiad

1965IMDb7.7

Movie

The Makioka Sisters

1983IMDb7.2

Movie

The Inugami Family

1976IMDb7.1

Movie

Odd Obsession

1959IMDb6.8

Movie

Conflagration

1958IMDb7.1

Movie

Visions of Eight

1973IMDb6.8

Movie

Princess from the Moon

1987IMDb6.3

Movie

47 Ronin

1994IMDb6.4

Movie

Dora-heita

2000IMDb6.7

Career

IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 25
Average IMDb: 7.0
Highest rated: The Burmese HarpIMDb 8.0
Working since: 1936

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

100 credits

The 2000s

9 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average

Movie

Ten Nights of Dreams

2007IMDb6.3

Director

Not on Cineora

Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams

2007

Director

Movie

Murder of the Inugami Clan

2006IMDb6.3

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Musume no kekkon

2003

Director

Not on Cineora

Ten Dark Women

2002

Director

Not on Cineora

The Life of Bangaku

2002

Director · 10 episodes

Not on Cineora

Kah-chan

2001

Director

Movie

Dora-heita

2000IMDb6.7

Director · Screenplay

The 1990s

7 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average

Not on Cineora

The 8-Tomb Village

1996

Director · Screenplay

Un bel dì vedremo

Not on Cineora

Un bel dì vedremo

1996

Story

Not on Cineora

Fusa

1995

Director · Writer

Movie

47 Ronin

1994IMDb6.4

Director · Screenplay

Not on Cineora

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

1993

Director · Screenplay

Not on Cineora

Noh Mask Murders

1991

Director · Screenplay

Not on Cineora

Battleship Yamato

1990

Director · Screenplay

The 1980s

9 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

Not on Cineora

Crane

1988

Director · Writer

Movie

Princess from the Moon

1987IMDb6.3

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Actress

1987

Director · Screenplay · Producer

Not on Cineora

The Hall of the Crying Deer

1986

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

The Burmese Harp

1985

Director

Not on Cineora

Ohan

1984

Director · Writer · Executive Producer

Movie

The Makioka Sisters

1983IMDb7.2

Director · Writer · Executive Producer

Not on Cineora

Lonely Heart

1981

Director · Screenplay

The 1970s

15 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

Movie

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

1979IMDb7.3

Screenplay

Not on Cineora

The House of Hanging

1979

Director · Screenplay

Not on Cineora

The Phoenix

1978

Director

Not on Cineora

Queen Bee

1978

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

Island of Hell

1977

Director · Executive Producer

Movie

Lullaby to Kill

1977IMDb6.8

Director · Screenplay · Executive Producer

Movie

The Inugami Family

1976IMDb7.1

Director · Screenplay

Not on Cineora

Between Women and Wives

1976

Director

The 1960s

16 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average

Not on Cineora

Kyoto

1969

Director

Not on Cineora

Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament

1968

Director

Not on Cineora

Topo Gigio and the Missile War

1967

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

The Tale of Genji

1966

Director

Tokyo Olympics (International Version)

Not on Cineora

Tokyo Olympics (International Version)

1965

Director

Movie

Tokyo Olympiad

1965IMDb7.7

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

The Money Dance

1964

Director · Screenplay

Movie

Alone Across the Pacific

1963IMDb7.0

Director

The 1950s

32 titles · IMDb 7.4 on average

Movie

Fires on the Plain

1959IMDb7.9

Director

Movie

Odd Obsession

1959IMDb6.8

Director · Screenplay

Not on Cineora

Goodbye, Hello

1959

Director · Screenplay · Story

Movie

Conflagration

1958IMDb7.1

Director · Screenplay

Not on Cineora

Hole in One

1957

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

The Men of Toho-ku

1957

Director · Screenplay

Not on Cineora

The Crowded Train

1957

Director · Screenplay

Not on Cineora

Bridge of Japan

1956

Director

The 1940s

8 titles

Not on Cineora

Endless Passion

1949

Director

Not on Cineora

Ningen moyo

1949

Director

Not on Cineora

365 Nights: Osaka

1948

Director

Not on Cineora

365 Nights: Tokyo

1948

Director

Not on Cineora

365 Nights

1948

Director

Not on Cineora

A Flower Blooms

1948

Director

Not on Cineora

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

1947

Director · Writer

Not on Cineora

A Girl At Dojo Temple

1946

Director

The 1930s

1 title

Not on Cineora

Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

1936

Director · Writer

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Kon’s titles.

Natto WadaWriter · The Burmese Harp, Fires on the Plain and 7 more

Yasushi AkutagawaComposer · Fires on the Plain, Odd Obsession and 6 more

Koji IshizakaThe Makioka Sisters, The Inugami Family and 4 more

Jun HamamuraThe Burmese Harp, An Actor's Revenge and 4 more

Setsuo KobayashiCinematographer · Fires on the Plain, An Actor's Revenge and 4 more

Kyôko KishidaPrincess from the Moon, Her Brother and 3 more

Eiji FunakoshiFires on the Plain, An Actor's Revenge and 3 more