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Kon Ichikawa profile
Director

Kon Ichikawa

Directing

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Directed credits

85

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Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.9

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Directed movies: 84Directed series: 1All crew credits: 96

TMDB ID: 97205

IMDb ID: nm0406728

Known for: Directing

Born: November 20, 1915

Died: February 13, 2008

Age: 92

Place of birth: Mie, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1936 - 2008

Years active: 73

Average TMDB rating: 7.09

Wikidata: Q55397

Also known as

이치카와 곤 • Кон Итикава • 久里子亭 • 市川儀一 • 大川新之助 • 市川秋六 • 市川根作 • 곤 이치카와 • 이치가와 곤 • 곤 이치가와 • +4 more

Frequent jobs

Director (80)Assistant Director (4)Co-Director (1)Screenplay (4)Writer (4)Executive Producer (2)Production Manager (1)

Biography

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.

Series

Directed Series

Series directed by Kon Ichikawa.

Series

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