Jun Ichikawa
Born(1948-11-25)25 November 1948
Tokyo, Japan
Died19 September 2008(2008-09-19) (aged 59)
Tokyo, Japan
Years active1987–2008

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 is 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, Buy a Suit, was to premier at the Tokyo International Film Festival.[2]

Filmography

  • Buy A Suit (2008)
  • How to Become Myself (2007)
  • Aogeba Tôtoshi (2006)
  • Tony Takitani (2004)
  • Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover (2002)
  • Tokyo Marigold (2001)
  • Zawa-zawa Shimo-Kitazawa (2000)
  • Osaka Story (1999)
  • Tadon to Chikuwa (1998)
  • Tokyo Lullaby (1997)
  • Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment (1996)
  • The Tokyo Siblings (1995)
  • Kurêpu (1993)
  • Dying at a Hospital (1993)
  • Kin Chan no Cinema Jack (1993) (segment "Kitto Kurusa")
  • Tugumi (1990)
  • No Life King (1989)
  • Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988)
  • Bu Su (1987)

References

  1. ↑ "Biography". Ichikawa Jun Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 Variety Obit. Archived 2008-09-24 at the Wayback Machine


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