Jun Ichikawa

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Jun Ichikawa ( Japanese 市 川 準 , Ichikawa Jun ; born November 25, 1948 in Fuchū , Tokyo Prefecture ; † September 19, 2008 ibid) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter .

Ichikawa quit his job in 1981 and began very successfully directing commercials . In 1987 he was able to present his first directorial work in the film sector with Die Geisha Schülerin and was praised by critics for it. In the following years he established himself as an unconventional director on the Japanese film scene and was awarded several prizes. In 1991 he won the directing award at the Mainichi film competition for the film Tsugumi , a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Banana Yoshimoto . He received the same award again in 1994, this time for the film Byōin de Shinu to Iukoto .

His film dramas from the 1990s onwards were compared with the works of Yasujirō Ozus , who greatly influenced Ichikawa. With Tōkyō Kyōdai he turned a homage to Ozu in 1995.

His film Tokiwa-sō no Seishun is about the everyday life of some manga artists (including Fujio Akatsuka and Shōtarō Ishinomori ) in the famous Tokiwa-sō apartment. One of his most important works is the internationally acclaimed Tony Takitani based on a script by Haruki Murakami . Ichikawa won the 2004 FIPRESCI Prize and the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival for this film .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1987: The geisha student ( BU SU )
  • 1988: Kaisha Monogatari ( 会 社 物語 )
  • 1989: No Life King ( ノ ー ラ イ フ キ ン グ )
  • 1990: Tsugumi ( つ ぐ み )
  • 1991: Go Aisatsu ( ご 挨 拶 )
  • 1993: Byōin de Shinu to Iukoto ( 病院 で 死 ぬ と い う こ と )
  • 1993: Crepe ( ク レ ー プ )
  • 1995: Tōkyō Kyōdai ( 東京 兄妹 )
  • 1996: Tokiwa-sō no Seishun ( ト キ ワ 荘 の 青春 )
  • 1997: Tōkyō Yakyoku ( 東京 夜曲 )
  • 1998: Tadon to Chikuwa ( た ど ん と ち く わ )
  • 1999: Ōsaka Monogatari ( 大阪 物語 )
  • 2000: Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa ( ざ わ ざ わ 下 北 沢 )
  • 2001: Tōkyō Marigold ( 東京 マ リ ー ゴ ー ル ド )
  • 2002: Ryōma no Tsuma to sono Otto to Aijin ( 竜 馬 の 妻 と そ の 夫 と 愛人 )
  • 2004: Tony Takitani ( ト ニ ー 滝 谷 , Tonī Takitani )
  • 2007: Ashita no watashi no tsukurikata ( あ し た の 私 の つ く り 方 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mark Shilling: Jun Ichikawa dies at 59 ( memento of the original from September 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Variety , September 18, 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com
personal data
SURNAME Ichikawa, Jun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 市 川 準 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo , Japan
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 2008
Place of death Tokyo