Jun Ichikawa

Birthday: 1948-11-25
Deathday: 2008-09-19
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
2009-04-11 Buy a Suit
2009-04-11 Tokyo rendering kashu
2007-04-28 How to Become Myself
2006-02-19 Haru, Bânîzu de
2006-01-21 Aogeba Tôtoshi
2004-08-11 Tony Takitani
2002-09-14 Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
2001-05-12 Tokyo Marigold
2000-07-07 The Whispered City
1999-03-26 Osaka Story
1998-12-05 Tadon and Chikuwa
1997-06-20 Tokyo Lullaby
1996-03-23 Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
1995-01-14 The Tokyo Siblings
1993-10-09 Crepe
1993-07-24 Dying at a Hospital
1993-05-22 第1回欽ちゃんのシネマジャック
1991-01-23 Goaisatsu
1990-10-20 Tsugumi
1989-12-16 No Life King
1988-11-26 Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
1987-10-29 BU・SU
1986-01-01 Hyo-Ryu-Ki