Chronicler of the Human Condition

Kon Ichikawa

1915–2008Mie, Japan1936–present89 films

DramaComedyMysteryHorror

Also wrote 51 screenplays ↗

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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.

Full Filmography

Ten Nights of Dreams

20076.4 2

Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams

2007 3

Murder of the Inugami Clan

20066.9 4

Musume no kekkon

20034.0 5

As Screenwriter

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199447 RoninScreenplay 1983The Makioka SistersWriter 1965Tokyo OlympiadWriter 1987Princess from the MoonWriter 2006Murder of the Inugami ClanWriter 1977Lullaby to KillScreenplay

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