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Kon Ichikawa - filmography


  • Princess From The Moon on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Toshiro Mifune,  Ayako Wakao,  Yasuko Sawaguchi
    Director: Kon Ichikawa
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When a mysterious light appears in the sky a poor couple investigate and find a small pod near the grave of their daughter. The pod breaks open to reveal a small baby who looks very much like their daughter. They decide to adopt her and she grows up to be a young lady of exceptional beauty who is ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 169 members
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  • Alone Across The Pacific on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Yujiro Ishihara
    Director: Kon Ichikawa
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A powerful hymn to the human spirit, Alone Across the Pacific - by renowned Japanese director Kon Ichikawa (An Actor's Revenge, The Burmese Harp, Tokyo Olympiad) - tells the extraordinary real-life story of one man's obsessive quest to break free from the strictures of society. In 1962, Kenichi ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 39 members
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  • The Burmese Harp (1956)
    Starring: Rentaro Mikuni,  Shoji Yasui,  Jun Hamamura
    Director: Kon Ichikawa
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Kon Ichikawa's antiwar classic depicts the aftermath of the Burmese campaign of World War II and centers on a soldier who, after a series of horrifying experiences, comes to realize that his vocation is to bury the unknown dead.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 13 members
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  • Kokoro on DVD (1955)
    Starring: Masayuki Mori,  Tatsuya Mihashi,  Michiyo Aratama
    Director: Kon Ichikawa
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Brimful with brooding psychological torment, Kokoro is vintage Kon Ichikawa (An Actor's Revenge, The Burmese Harp, Tokyo Olympiad). Based on a novel by celebrated Japanese author Natsume Soseki, the director foregrounds its themes of individual isolation and social estrangement, most notably in a ..read more »
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Kon Ichikawa facts

5 most recent films

Princess From The Moon - 2.5 stars
Alone Across The Pacific - 3.5 stars
An Actor's Revenge - 3.5 stars
The Burmese Harp - 3.5 stars
Kokoro - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

An Actor's Revenge - 3.5 stars
Princess From The Moon - 2.5 stars
Kokoro - 3.5 stars
Alone Across The Pacific - 3.5 stars
The Burmese Harp - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Ten Nights of Dreams - 2.0 stars
The Burmese Harp - 3.5 stars
Alone Across The Pacific - 3.5 stars
Kokoro - 3.5 stars
Princess From The Moon - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ayako Wakao - 2 times - show films
Shoji Yasui - 2 times - show films
Tsuyoshi Ujiki - 1 times - show films
Yasuko Sawaguchi - 1 times - show films
Yujiro Ishihara - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Yoshitaka Amano - 1 times - show films