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Kon Ichikawa

Born 1915-11-20

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

Dodes'ka-den 1970 · 7.3 The Burmese Harp 1956 · 8.0 Fires on the Plain 1959 · 7.9 An Actor's Revenge 1963 · 7.3 Galaxy Express 999 1979 · 7.4 Tokyo Olympiad 1965 · 7.8 The Makioka Sisters 1983 · 7.2 The Magic Hour 2008 · 7.1 The Inugami Family 1976 · 7.2 Visions of Eight 1973 · 6.8 Princess from the Moon 1987 · 6.3 47 Ronin 1994 · 6.4 Alone on the Pacific 1963 · 7.0 The Heart 1955 · 7.4 Ten Nights of Dreams 2007 · 6.3 Inugami-ke no ichizoku 2006 · 6.2 Akuma no temari-uta 1977 · 6.8 I Am a Cat 1975 · 6.6 The Devil's Island 1977 · 6.4 The Outcast 1962 · 6.9 The Wanderers 1973 · 6.5 The 8-Tomb Village 1996 · 6.2 Koto: Ancient City 1980 · 6.7 Bridge of Japan 1956 · 7.5 Mr. Pu 1953 · 6.3