Directing • AGE 92
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...


The Magic Hour
Film Director
2008

Ten Nights of Dreams
Director
2007

Enlightenment: A Second Night of Dreams
Director
2007

Murder of the Inugami Clan
Director
2006

The Kon Ichikawa Story
Himself
2006

Musume no kekkon
Director
2003

Ten Dark Women
Director
2002

The Life of Bangaku
Director
2002

Kah-chan
Director
2001

Kurosawa
Self
2000

Dora-heita
Director
2000

Shinsengumi
Director
2000

The 8-Tomb Village
Director
1996

Fusa
Director
1995

47 Ronin
Screenplay
1994

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Director
1993

Noh Mask Murders
Director
1991

Crane
Writer
1988

Princess from the Moon
Director
1987

Actress
Director
1987

The Hall of the Crying Deer
Director
1986

The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Co-Director
1986

The Burmese Harp
Director
1985

Ohan
Writer
1984

The Makioka Sisters
Director
1983

Lonely Heart
Screenplay
1981

Koto: The Ancient City
Writer
1980

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Screenplay
1979

The House of Hanging
Director
1979

The Phoenix
Director
1978

Queen Bee
Director
1978

Island of Hell
Executive Producer
1977

Lullaby to Kill
Director
1977

The Inugami Family
Director
1976

Between Women and Wives
Director
1976

I Am a Cat
Director
1975

Visions of Eight
Narrator
1973

The Wanderers
Director
1973

Kogarashi Monjiro
Director
1972

To Love Again
Director
1971

Dodes'ka-den
Executive Producer
1970

Kyoto
Director
1969

Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament
Director
1968

Topo Gigio and the Missile War
Writer
1967

The Tale of Genji
Director
1966

Tokyo Olympiad
Writer
1965

The Money Dance
Director
1964

Alone Across the Pacific
Director
1963

An Actor's Revenge
Director
1963

Being Two Isn't Easy
Producer
1962

The Broken Commandment
Director
1962

Ten Dark Women
Director
1961

Her Brother
Director
1960

The Woman Who Touched Legs
Writer
1960

Bonchi
Screenplay
1960

A Woman's Testament
Director
1960

Fires on the Plain
Director
1959

Odd Obsession
Director
1959

Goodbye, Hello
Director
1959

Conflagration
Director
1958

Hole in One
Writer
1957

The Men of Toho-ku
Director
1957

The Crowded Train
Director
1957

Bridge of Japan
Director
1956

Punishment Room
Director
1956

The Burmese Harp
Director
1956

The Heart
Director
1955

Ghost Story of Youth
Director
1955

12 Chapters About Women
Director
1954

A Billionaire
Director
1954

All of Myself
Director
1954

The Lovers
Director
1953

Youth of Heiji Senigata
Screenplay
1953

The Blue Revolution
Director
1953

Mr. Pu
Director
1953

This Way, That Way
Screenplay
1952

The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Screenplay
1952

Forbidden Path
Screenplay
1952

Mr. Lucky
Director
1952

Wedding March
Director
1951

Bengawan Solo
Director
1951

Stolen Love
Writer
1951

The Man Without a Nationality
Director
1951

Koibito
Writer
1951

Nightshade Flower
Screenplay
1951

Pursuit At Dawn
Story
1950

Heat and Mud
Director
1950

Sanshiro of Ginza
Director
1950

Endless Passion
Director
1949

Ningen moyo
Director
1949

365 Nights: Osaka
Director
1948

365 Nights: Tokyo
Director
1948

365 Nights
Director
1948

A Flower Blooms
Director
1948

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Director
1947

A Girl At Dojo Temple
Director
1946

World of Love
Assistant Director
1943

Hyoroku's Dream Tale
Production Manager
1943

Enoken's Bow-Wow General
Assistant Director
1940

Old Songs
Assistant Director
1939

Fallen Blossoms
Assistant Director
1938

Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
Writer
1936