Birthday
1915-11-20
Died
2008-02-13
Birthplace
Mie, Japan
Gender
Male
Known For
Directing
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.
