Born in Mie Prefecture in 1915 and died in 2008, Ichikawa was a prolific and versatile director of the 1950s and 60s who moved between anti-war dramas, literary adaptations, satires and documentary. He directed the official film of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Filmography
- Mr. Pu (1953)
- The Burmese Harp (1956)
- Conflagration (1958)
- Fires on the Plain (1959)
- The Key (1959)
- An Actor's Revenge (1963)
- Alone on the Pacific (1963)
- Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
- The Makioka Sisters (1983)