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Kon Ichikawa

Japanese · b. November 20, 1915 – d. February 13, 2008

Kon Ichikawa (市川 崑, Ichikawa Kon; 20 November 1915 – 13 February 2008) 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 (1956) and Fires on the Plain (1959), to the documentary Tokyo Olympiad (1965), which won two BAFTA Film Awards, and the 19th-century revenge drama An Actor's Revenge (1963). His film Odd Obsession (1959) won the Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.

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Kah-chan 2001
Dora-heita 2000
Fusa 1995
47 Ronin 1994
Crane 1988
Actress 1987
Ohan 1984
Queen Bee 1978
I Am a Cat 1975
Kyoto 1969
Bonchi 1960
The Heart 1955
Mr. Pu 1953
The Lovers 1953
Mr. Lucky 1952
Koibito 1951
365 Nights 1948