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Kon Ichikawa

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Born November 20, 1915Mie, JapanDied February 13, 2008

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.

Filmography