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Ichikawa Kon
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Ichikawa Kon

(born Nov. 20, 1915, Uji-Yamada, Japan—died Feb. 13, 2008, Tokyo) Japanese film director. After working in the animation department of the Toho film studio, he directed his first film, The Girl at Dojo Temple (1946). He introduced sophisticated Western-style comedy to Japan in films such as The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952) and Mr. Pu (1953). He gained international acclaim for his antiwar films The Burmese Harp (1956) and Fires on the Plain (1959) and the documentary Tokyo Olympiad (1965). His other major films include Conflagration (1958), My Enemy the Sea (1963), and An Actor's Revenge (1963).
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7/5 at 4pm; 7/10 at 6:30pm) A three-film tribute to Kon Ichikawa, perhaps Japan’s most well-known filmmaker, who died this year.
Japan Cuts Film Fest Roundup by Caroline Bankoff / The New York Observer
FILM PROS OF KON: Of all the Japanese master filmmakers who emerged in the middle of the last century, Kon Ichikawa was probably the quirkiest.
THE BEST OF THE WEEKEND by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Kah-Chan'' (Big Mama) was part of the official competition of the 25th Montreal World Film Festival and is the latest by 85-year-old veteran Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.
Japanese film bags special prize at Montreal film fest by Japan Weekly Monitor
 
 
 
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