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.
Cannes Film Festival
Jury Prize
Known For
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
(1986)
Co-Director
The Burmese Harp
(1956)
Director
Fires on the Plain
(1959)
Director
Tokyo Olympiad
(1965)
Director
47 Ronin
(1994)
Director
An Actor's Revenge
(1963)
Director
Princess from the Moon
(1987)
Director
The Inugamis
(1976)
Director
Visions of Eight
(1973)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
(1936)
Director
Fallen Blossoms
(1938)
Assistant Director
Old Songs
(1939)
Assistant Director
Enoken's Bow-Wow General
(1940)
Assistant Director
World of Love
(1943)
Assistant Director
A Girl At Dojo Temple
(1946)
Director
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
(1947)
Director
365 Nights
(1948)
Director
A Flower Blooms
(1948)
Director
Ningen moyo
(1949)
Director
Endless Passion
(1949)
Director
Pursuit At Dawn
(1950)
Director
Sanshiro of Ginza
(1950)
Director
Heat and Mud
(1950)
Director
Nightshade Flower
(1951)
Director
Koibito
(1951)
Director
The Man Without a Nationality
(1951)
Director
Stolen Love
(1951)
Director
Bengawan Solo
(1951)
Director
Wedding March
(1951)
Director
Mr. Lucky
(1952)
Director
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
(1952)
Director
This Way, That Way
(1952)
Director
Forbidden Path
(1952)
Director
Mr. Pu
(1953)
Director
The Lovers
(1953)
Director
The Blue Revolution
(1953)
Director
Youth of Heiji Senigata
(1953)
Director
A Billionaire
(1954)
Director
The Heart
(1955)
Director
Ghost Story of Youth
(1955)
Director
The Burmese Harp
(1956)
Director
Punishment Room
(1956)
Director
Bridge of Japan
(1956)
Director
Hole in One
(1957)
Director
The Crowded Train
(1957)
Director
Conflagration
(1958)
Director
Fires on the Plain
(1959)
Director
Odd Obsession
(1959)
Director
Goodbye, Hello
(1959)
Director
Her Brother
(1960)
Director
A Woman's Testament
(1960)
Director
Bonchi
(1960)
Director
Ten Dark Women
(1961)
Director
The Broken Commandment
(1962)
Director
Being Two Isn't Easy
(1962)
Director
An Actor's Revenge
(1963)
Director
Alone Across the Pacific
(1963)
Director
The Money Dance
(1964)
Director
Tokyo Olympiad
(1965)
Director
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
(1967)
Director
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
(1968)
Director
Kyoto
(1969)
Director
Japan and the Japanese
(1970)
Director
To Love Again
(1971)
Director
Visions of Eight
(1973)
Director
The Wanderers
(1973)
Director
I Am a Cat
(1975)
Director
The Inugamis
(1976)
Director
Tsuma to onna no aida
(1976)
Director
Lullaby to Kill
(1977)
Director
Island of Hell
(1977)
Director
The Phoenix
(1978)
Director
Queen Bee
(1978)
Director
The House of Hanging
(1979)
Director
Koto: The Ancient City
(1980)
Director
Lonely Heart
(1981)
Director
The Makioka Sisters
(1983)
Director
Ohan
(1984)
Director
The Burmese Harp
(1985)
Director
The Hall of the Crying Deer
(1986)
Director
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
(1986)
Co-Director
Princess from the Moon
(1987)
Director
Actress
(1987)
Director
Crane
(1988)
Director
Noh Mask Murders
(1991)
Director
Fusa
(1993)
Director
Kogarashi MonjirÅ Returns
(1993)
Director
47 Ronin
(1994)
Director
The 8-Tomb Village
(1996)
Director
Dora-heita
(2000)
Director
Shinsengumi
(2000)
Director
Kah-chan
(2001)
Director
Musume no kekkon
(2003)
Director
Murder of the Inugami Clan
(2006)
Director
Ten Nights of Dreams
(2007)
Director
Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
(2007)
Director
Acting
Visions of Eight
(1973)
Narrator
Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema
(1999)
Interviewee
Kurosawa
(2000)
Self
The Kon Ichikawa Story
(2006)
Himself
The Magic Hour
(2008)
Film Director
Visual Effects
Writing
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
(1936)
Writer
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
(1947)
Writer
Pursuit At Dawn
(1950)
Story
Heat and Mud
(1950)
Screenplay
Nightshade Flower
(1951)
Screenplay
Koibito
(1951)
Writer
Stolen Love
(1951)
Writer
Bengawan Solo
(1951)
Writer
Wedding March
(1951)
Writer
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
(1952)
Screenplay
This Way, That Way
(1952)
Screenplay
Forbidden Path
(1952)
Screenplay
Mr. Pu
(1953)
Writer
The Lovers
(1953)
Writer
Youth of Heiji Senigata
(1953)
Screenplay
A Billionaire
(1954)
Writer
Hole in One
(1957)
Writer
Conflagration
(1958)
Writer
Odd Obsession
(1959)
Writer
Goodbye, Hello
(1959)
Story and Screenplay
The Woman Who Touched Legs
(1960)
Writer
Bonchi
(1960)
Screenplay
The Money Dance
(1964)
Screenplay
Tokyo Olympiad
(1965)
Writer
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
(1967)
Writer
The Wanderers
(1973)
Screenplay
The Inugamis
(1976)
Writer
Lullaby to Kill
(1977)
Screenplay
Queen Bee
(1978)
Writer
The House of Hanging
(1979)
Screenplay
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
(1979)
Screenplay
Koto: The Ancient City
(1980)
Writer
Lonely Heart
(1981)
Screenplay
The Makioka Sisters
(1983)
Writer
Ohan
(1984)
Writer
The Hall of the Crying Deer
(1986)
Writer
Princess from the Moon
(1987)
Writer
Actress
(1987)
Writer
Crane
(1988)
Writer
Noh Mask Murders
(1991)
Screenplay
Kogarashi MonjirÅ Returns
(1993)
Screenplay
Fusa
(1993)
Writer
47 Ronin
(1994)
Screenplay
The 8-Tomb Village
(1996)
Screenplay
Dora-heita
(2000)
Screenplay
Shinsengumi
(2000)
Writer
Murder of the Inugami Clan
(2006)
Writer
Production
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
(1943)
Production Manager
Being Two Isn't Easy
(1962)
Producer
Dodes'ka-den
(1970)
Executive Producer
The Wanderers
(1973)
Producer's Assistant
Island of Hell
(1977)
Executive Producer
Lullaby to Kill
(1977)
Executive Producer
The Makioka Sisters
(1983)
Executive Producer
Ohan
(1984)
Executive Producer
Actress
(1987)
Producer
Editing
Crew