Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

Director

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.

Date of Birth: 20 Nov 1915 (110 years)

Place of Birth: Mie, Japan

Filmography