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.


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The Magic Hour

as Film Director
Released: 2008-06-07

A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good...

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The Kon Ichikawa Story

as Himself
Released: 2006-12-09

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

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Visions of Eight

as Narrator
Released: 1973-10-06

Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer...

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Kurosawa

as Self
Released: 2000-12-24

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

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