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Jun Ichikawa
Director 1948 - 2008

Jun Ichikawa

Tokyo, Japan

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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3 titles
Tony Takitani

Tony Takitani

Jun Ichikawa 2004 1h 17m 8.5

A reclusive illustrator falls in love with a young woman who addictively shops for clothing.

Tôkyô Marîgôrudo

Tôkyô Marîgôrudo

Jun Ichikawa 2001 1h 37m

Eriko – lonely, aimless and self-absorbed – falls for Tamura. Despite knowing that he is waiting for his girlfriend to return from overseas, she requests to enter into a relationship with him for just one year.

Tokiwa-so no seishun

Tokiwa-so no seishun

Jun Ichikawa 1996 1h 50m

There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived, worked, and shared experiences.

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