Jun Ichikawa (市川 準, Ichikawa Jun, 25 November 1948 – 19 September 2008) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first an award-winning director of television commercials before adding filmmaking to his creative activities.[1] 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,[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)
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| Name |
Ichikawa, Jun |
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| Short description |
Japanese film director |
| Date of birth |
25 November 1948 |
| Place of birth |
Tokyo, Japan |
| Date of death |
19 September 2008 |
| Place of death |
Tokyo, Japan |