Jun Ichikawa
Jun Ichikawa | |
---|---|
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 25 November 1948
Died | 19 September 2008 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 59)
Years active | 1987–2008 |
Jun Ichikawa (市川 準, Ichikawa Jun, 25 November 1948 – 19 September 2008) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first a director of television commercials before adding filmmaking to his creative activities.[1] His most famous film outside Japan was Tony Takitani, an adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage after suddenly collapsing at a restaurant,[2] shortly before his latest film, , was to premier at the Tokyo International Film Festival.[2]
Filmography[]
- (2008)
- (2007)
- (2006)
- Tony Takitani (2004)
- (2002)
- (2001)
- (2000)
- Osaka Story (1999)
- (1998)
- Tokyo Lullaby (1997)
- (1996)
- (1995)
- (1993)
- (1993)
- (1993) (segment "Kitto Kurusa")
- Tugumi (1990)
- (1989)
- Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988)
- Bu Su (1987)
References[]
- ^ "Biography". Ichikawa Jun Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ a b Variety Obit. Archived 2008-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Ichikawa Jun at IMDb
- Ichikawa Jun at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
Categories:
- 1948 births
- 2008 deaths
- Japanese film directors
- Japanese screenwriters
- People from Western Tokyo
- 20th-century screenwriters
- Japanese film director stubs