Kon Ichikawa
Born
November 20, 1915
Died
February 13, 2008 (92 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Mie, Japan
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.
