- Films
- 24
- Avg rating
- 7.39
- Peak run
- 1959’83
- 7+ run
- 5 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Kon by the numbers
Average
7.39
8 rated films
Vote weighted
7.42
bigger films count more
Median
7.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.43
rating spread
Career
52y
1955 to 2006
Total votes
32.5K
across every film
Best
8.0
The Burmese Harp
Worst
6.8
The Key
Newest first
Filmography
| 2006 | Ten Nights of Dreams | · | 489 |
| 2006 | Murder of the Inugami Clan | · | 467 |
| 2000 | I Went To | · | 588 |
| 1994 | 47 Ronin | · | 620 |
| 1987 | Princess from the Moon | · | 681 |
| 1983 | The Makioka Sisters | 7.2 | 1,960 |
| 1977 | The Devil's Island | · | 316 |
| 1977 | Lullaby to Kill | · | 457 |
| 1976 | The Inugami Family | 7.1 | 1,430 |
| 1975 | I Am a Cat | · | 291 |
| 1973 | Visions of Eight | · | 873 |
| 1965 | Tokyo Olympiad | 7.7 | 2,490 |
| 1963 | Alone on the Pacific | · | 550 |
| 1963 | An Actor's Revenge | 7.3 | 3,222 |
| 1962 | Being Two Isn't Easy | · | 536 |
| 1962 | The Outcast | · | 260 |
| 1961 | Ten Dark Women | · | 339 |
| 1960 | Brother | · | 582 |
| 1959 |  Fires on the Plain | 7.9 | 5,986 |
| 1959 | The Key | 6.8 | 1,148 |
Better together?
Kon Ichikawa's regulars
- Natto WadaWriter · 11 films · 7.50 avg▲+0.05
- Yasushi AkutagawaComposer · 9 films · 7.33 avg
- Eiji FunakoshiDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.68
- Setsuo KobayashiCinematographer · 5 films · 7.60 avg
- Kazuo MiyagawaCinematographer · 5 films · 7.20 avg
- Shin'ya HidakaWriter · 5 films · 7.15 avg▼−0.12
- Kôji IshizakaDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.28
- Kensaku TanikawaComposer · 4 films
- Yukio IsohataCinematographer · 4 films
- Kiyoshi HasegawaCinematographer · 4 films · 7.15 avg
- Keiji HasebeWriter · 4 films · 6.95 avg▼−0.37
- Keiko KishiDirector and actor · 3 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Kon Ichikawa and Natto Wada movies · Kon Ichikawa and Yasushi Akutagawa movies · Kon Ichikawa and Eiji Funakoshi movies · Kon Ichikawa and Setsuo Kobayashi movies
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On Kon Ichikawa
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