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Kon Ichikawa

  • Birth: November 20, 1915
  • Death: February 13, 2008
  • Age: 92
  • 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.

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wins

Edition Year Award Movie Status
19th edition 1966 Best Documentary Feature Film Tokyo Olympiad Winner
19th edition 1966 United Nations Award Tokyo Olympiad Winner

Cannes Film Festival

Edition Year Award Movie Status
13th edition 1960 Jury Prize [Main Competition] Odd Obsession Winner

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