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Kon Ichikawa

Highest Rated: 100% Fires on the Plain (1959)

Lowest Rated: 54% Visions of Eight (1973)

Birthday: Nov 20, 1915

Birthplace: Mie, Japan

Influenced by artists as diverse as Walt Disney and Jean Renoir, Kon Ichikawa's films cover a wide spectrum of moods, from the comic to the overwhelmingly ironic and even the perverse. Ichikawa began his career as a cartoonist, and this influence is apparent in his skillful use of the widescreen, and in the strong, angular patterns seen in many of his compositions. He has also directed "Pu-san" (1953), a popular film based on Junichiro Yokoyama's "Mr. Pu" comic strip. At various points in his career, Ichikawa has shown that he is capable of appealing to a popular audience without compromising his artistry.

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Highest rated movies

100% 93% Fires on the Plain
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100% 70% The Makioka Sisters
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100% 87% Tokyo Olympiad
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100% 64% Conflagration
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95% 83% An Actor's Revenge
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90% 91% The Burmese Harp
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80% 48% Ten Nights of Dreams
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73% 77% Dodes 'Ka-Den
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70% 78% Odd Obsession
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54% 58% Visions of Eight
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fusa Director,
Screenwriter 		- 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Magic Hour Unknown (Character) - 2008
80% 48% Ten Nights of Dreams Director - 2006
No Score Yet 71% Dora-Heita (Alley Cat) (Playboy) Director - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Big Mama Director - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doraheita Director,
Writer 		- 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet 47 Ronin Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Noh Mask Murders Director - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tsuru Director - 1988
No Score Yet 73% Princess From the Moon Director - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Taketori Monogatari Director - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Actress (Eiga joyu) Director - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Burmese Harp Director - 1985
100% 70% The Makioka Sisters Director - 1983
No Score Yet 92% Galaxy Express 999 Writer - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The House of Hanging Director,
Producer 		- 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Devil's Ballad Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Inugami Family Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Am a Cat Director - 1975
54% 58% Visions of Eight Director - 1973
73% 77% Dodes 'Ka-Den Executive Producer - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Topo Gigio and the Missile War Producer,
Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1967
100% 87% Tokyo Olympiad Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1965
95% 83% An Actor's Revenge Director - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Money Talks Director - 1963
No Score Yet 45% I Am Two Years Old Director - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alone on the Pacific Director - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watashi wa Nisai Director - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outcast Director - 1962
No Score Yet 71% Her Brother Director - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ten Black Women Director - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Woman's Testament Director - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Woman Who Touched the Legs Writer - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonchi Director,
Writer 		- 1960
70% 78% Odd Obsession Director,
Writer,
Film Editing 		- 1959
100% 93% Fires on the Plain Director - 1959
100% 64% Conflagration Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1958
No Score Yet 88% A Full-Up Train Director,
Writer 		- 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Men of Tohoku Director - 1957
90% 91% The Burmese Harp Director $15.8K 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Punishment Room Director - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ghost Story of Youth Director - 1955
No Score Yet 89% Kokoro Director - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Billionaire Director,
Writer 		- 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Pu Director - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet River Solo Flows Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1951