Kon Ichikawa

Known for Directing

Kon Ichikawa

Born November 20, 1915

Died February 13, 2008 (aged 92)

Place of Birth Mie, Japan

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.