
Born November 20, 1915 — Died February 13, 2008
From Mie, Japan
Also known as 이치카와 곤, Кон Итикава, 久里子亭
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.