Jun Ichikawa

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.

Directed

1. Tony Takitani (2004) — Director
2. BU・SU (1987) — Director
3. Tokyo Marigold (2001) — Director
4. How to Become Myself (2007) — Director
5. Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment (1996) — Director
6. Aogeba Tôtoshi (2006) — Director
7. Tokyo Lullaby (1997) — Director
8. The Tokyo Siblings (1995) — Director
9. Dying at a Hospital (1993) — Director
10. Osaka Story (1999) — Director
11. Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988) — Director
12. Tsugumi (1990) — Director
13. The Whispered City (2000) — Director
14. Buy a Suit (2009) — Director
15. No Life King (1989) — Director
16. Tadon and Chikuwa (1998) — Director
17. Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover (2002) — Director
18. Drifting Princess (1986) — Director
19. Crepe (1993) — Director
20. Goaisatsu (1991) — Director
21. Haru, Bânîzu de (2006) — Director
22. Kin chan no Cinema Jack (1993) — Director
23. Tokyo rendering kashu (2009) — Director
24. Kiss off (1991) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Sunny Home (2005) — Self