Director
20 November 1915 to 13 February 2008
A BAFTA winner for his documentary Tokyo Olympiad (1965), Ichikawa was a versatile director whose work embraced a wide range of genres. Internationally, his best known film is probably An Actor’s Revenge (1963), while others include The Burmese Harp (1956, which he remade in 1985), Kagi (1959) and Nobi (1959).
- Read Kon Ichikawa's Times Obituary
- Read Kon Ichikawa's Independent Obituary
- Read Kon Ichikawa's Guardian Obituary
