
Director
Kon Ichikawa
110 years · Mie, Japan · 94 films
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.
Best known for


The Burmese Harp
1956 · Director
On Darkroom


Fires on the Plain
1959 · Director
On Kanopy


Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979 · Screenplay
On Crunchyroll


An Actor's Revenge
1963 · Director
On Criterion Channel


Tokyo Olympiad
1965 · Writer, Director
On HBO Max


The Makioka Sisters
1983 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Filmography 94

The Magic Hour
2008 · Film Director

Ten Nights of Dreams
2007 · Director

Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
2007 · Director

Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006 · Director, Writer

The Kon Ichikawa Story
2006 · Himself

Musume no kekkon
2003 · Director

Ten Dark Women
2002 · Director

Kah-chan
2001 · Director

Kurosawa
2000 · Self

Dora-heita
2000 · Director, Screenplay

Shinsengumi
2000 · Director, Writer

The 8-Tomb Village
1996 · Director, Screenplay

Fusa
1995 · Director, Writer

47 Ronin
1994 · Screenplay, Director

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993 · Director, Screenplay

Noh Mask Murders
1991 · Director, Screenplay

Battleship Yamato
1990 · Director, Screenplay

Crane
1988 · Writer, Director


Princess from the Moon
1987 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel

Actress
1987 · Director, Producer

The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986 · Director, Writer

The Burmese Harp
1985 · Director

Ohan
1984 · Writer, Director


The Makioka Sisters
1983 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel