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.

Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

Directing Born November 20, 1915 – Died February 13, 2008 Mie, Japan

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 Magic Hour poster

The Magic Hour

Film Director
Visions of Eight poster

Visions of Eight

Narrator
Kurosawa poster

Kurosawa

Self
The Kon Ichikawa Story poster

The Kon Ichikawa Story

Himself
Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema poster

Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema

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