Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1915–2008)

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 (1956) and Fires on the Plain (1959), to the documentary Tokyo Olympiad (1965), which won two BAFTA Film Awards, and the 19th-century revenge drama An Actor's Revenge (1963). His film Odd Obsession (1959) won the Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 5 films (1956–1973) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 4 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1956 Burmese harp Nikkatsu ; producer, Masayuki Takagi ; director, Kon Ichikawa. 116 16mm B&W sound
1957 The Hole Kon Ichikawa
1960 Jokyo Yoshimura, KōzaburōKōzaburō Yoshimura, Kon Ichikawa, Yasuzo Masumura
1965 Tokyo Olympiad Jan - Or Pictures Inc 170 min 16mm Color sound
1973 Visions Of Eight Wolper Productions. 110 min 16mm Color sound