Person
Jun Ichikawa
Directing · 1948–2008 · Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Jun Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first a director of television commercials before adding filmmaking to his creative activities. His most famous film outside of 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, shortly before his latest film, Buy a Suit, was to premier at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Known for
The Tokyo Siblings
Director
Goaisatsu
Screenplay
Aogeba Tôtoshi
Screenplay
Tony Takitani
Director
Osaka Story
Director
BU・SU
Director
Tsugumi
Director
The Whispered City
Director
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
Director
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Director
Filmography
- 2009Buy a SuitDirector
- 2009Tokyo rendering kashuEditor
- 2007How to Become MyselfDirector
- 2006Haru, Bânîzu deScript
- 2006Aogeba TôtoshiScreenplay
- 2005Sunny HomeSelf
- 2004Tony TakitaniDirector
- 2002Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her LoverDirector
- 2001Tokyo MarigoldDirector
- 2000The Whispered CityDirector
- 1999Osaka StoryDirector
- 1998Tadon and ChikuwaScreenplay
- 1997Tokyo LullabyDirector
- 1996Tokiwa: The Manga ApartmentWriter
- 1995The Tokyo SiblingsDirector
- 1993CrepeDirector
- 1993Dying at a HospitalDirector
- 1993Kin chan no Cinema JackDirector
- 1991Kiss offDirector
- 1991GoaisatsuScreenplay
- 1991I Found Myself Smaller and SmallerProducer
- 1990TsugumiDirector
- 1989No Life KingDirector
- 1988Kaisha monogatari: Memories of YouDirector
- 1987BU・SUDirector
- 1986Drifting PrincessScreenplay
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