Ichikawa Kon

Ichikawa Kon
born Nov. 20, 1915, Ise, Japan

Japanese film director.

After working in the animation department of the Tōhō 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 Legs (1952) and Mr. Pū (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).

* * *

▪ Japanese director
born Nov. 20, 1915, Uji-Yamada (now Ise), Japan
died Feb. 13, 2008, Tokyo

      Japanese motion-picture director who introduced sophisticated Western-style comedy to Japan in the 1950s. Later he became concerned with more-serious subjects such as antiwar sentiment.

      Ichikawa graduated from the Ichioka Commercial School in Ōsaka. He worked in the animation department at the J.O. motion-picture studio in Kyōto and entered the Tōhō Motion Picture Company in 1942, when J.O. was merged with Tōhō. He made his first motion picture, Musume Dojo-ji (The Girl at Dojo Temple), in 1946 for the Shintōhō Motion Picture Company. Sambyaku rokujūgo ya (1948; “Three Hundred and Sixty-five Nights”) was his first big box-office success. He collaborated with his wife, Wada Natto, a screenwriter, on the screenplays for many of his early films.

      In the 1950s, Ichikawa and Wada developed the genre of the verbally witty comedy in Japan in such pictures as Ashi ni sawatta onna (1953; “The Woman Who Touched the Legs”), a remake of an earlier silent comedy, and Pū-san (1953; “Mr. Pū”). Two of Ichikawa's later features, Biruma no tategoto (1956; The Burmese Harp) and Nobi (1959; Fires on the Plain), are strong antiwar statements. Of the films that followed, Kagi (1959; Odd Obsession), Bonchi (1960); Kuroi jūnin no onna (1961; “Ten Dark Women”), Yukinojō henge (1963; “The Revenge of Yukinojō”), and Matatabi (1973; “The Wanderers”) are notable for Ichikawa's delicate treatment of the material and the strikingly beautiful visual composition of each scene.

      One of his greatest achievements was the documentary Tōkyō Orimpikku (1965; Tokyo Olympiad), in which he emphasized the attitudes and responses of the spectators and competitors over the outcome of the events. His later work included a serialization of The Tale of Genji and a number of popular suspense melodramas.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ichikawa Kon — Kon Ichikawa Kon Ichikawa (jap. 市川 崑, Ichikawa Kon; * 20. November 1915 in der Präfektur Mie; † 13. Februar 2008 in Tokio) war ein japanischer Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor und Filmproduzent …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ichikawa, Kon — ▪ 2009       Japanese motion picture director born Nov. 20, 1915, Ise, Japan died Feb. 13, 2008, Tokyo, Japan introduced sophisticated Western style comedy to Japan in the 1950s, but he was better known for Biruma no tategoto (1956; The Burmese… …   Universalium

  • Ichikawa, Kon — ► (n. 1915) Director de cine japonés. Obras: El arpa birmana (1956) y Olimpíada en Tokio (1965). En 1954 ganó un Oscar por La puerta del infierno …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Ichikawa Kon — (n. 20 nov. 1915, Ise, Japón). Director de cine japonés. Trabajó en el departamento de animación del estudio Toho, y en 1946 logró su primer cortometraje, Muchacha del templo Dojo. Introdujo en Japón el estilo occidental de comedia elaborada en… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Kon Ichikawa — Born November 20, 1915 Ise, Mie Prefecture Died February 13, 2008(2008 02 13) (aged 92) Tokyo, Japan …   Wikipedia

  • Kon Ichikawa — Données clés Naissance 20 novembre 1915 Ise, Japon …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Kon Ichikawa — Kon Ichikawa. Kon Ichikawa (20 de noviembre de 1915 – 13 de febrero de 2008) fue un destacado director de cine y guionista japonés. Maestro en varios géneros cinematográficos, iniciándose como animador en 1934. Conocido por sus filmes El arpa… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Kon Ichikawa — (jap. 市川 崑, Ichikawa Kon; * 20. November 1915 in der Präfektur Mie; † 13. Februar 2008 in Tokio) war ein japanischer Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor und Filmproduzent. B …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ichikawa (Begriffsklärung) — Ichikawa bezeichnet: Ichikawa, eine Stadt in der japanischen Präfektur Chiba Ichikawa (Hyōgo), eine Gemeinde in der japanischen Präfektur Hyōgo Ichikawa (Fluss), einen Fluss in der japanischen Präfektur Hyōgo 4903 Ichikawa (Asteroid), einen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ichikawa — (Kon) (né en 1915) cinéaste japonais: la Harpe de Birmanie (1956), Feux dans la plaine (1960), les Quatre Saisons (1983) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”