Kon Ichikawa (Director)

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Kon Ichikawa was a prolific Japanese film director from Mie Prefecture. He died of pneumonia on February 13, 2008 in a Tokyo hospital.

Native name
市川崑 (ICHIKAWA Kon)
Occupation
Director
Birthplace
Ise, Mie Prefecture
Born
November 19, 1915 (age 100)
Debuted
1936

Filmography as director

Year Movie
1993 Fusa

Filmography as actor

Year Movie Role
2008 The Magic Hour
2006 The Kon Ichikawa Story Himself

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    Kon Ichikawa dead at 92

    Upon checking my RSS feeds today I was met with a flood of headlines reporting of the death of legendary filmmaker Kon Ichikawa from pneumonia at 92. I’m not sure what could be added to what’s...

    8 years ago

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Last Updated 16 Mar 2014 at 21:31