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]
^"Biography". Ichikawa Jun Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 October 2010.
^ abVariety Obit. Archived 2008-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
JunIchikawa (市川 準, IchikawaJun, 25 November 1948 – 19 September 2008) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first a director of television...
Tony Takitani (トニー滝谷) is a 2004 Japanese film directed by JunIchikawa, based on the short story by Haruki Murakami. Haruki Murakami was intrigued by the...
the anime adaptation, with music composed by Manabu Miwa (Manack) and JunIchikawa (Bruno Wen-li), consists of both new compositions and newly arranged...
Tugumi (つぐみ) is a 1990 Japanese film directed by JunIchikawa, and based on the novel Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto. 12th Yokohama Film Festival...
the Realm of the Senses (1976)—Dir. Nagisa Oshima BU • SU (1987)—Dir. JunIchikawa A-Ge-Man: Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)—Dir. Juzo Itami Ihara Saikaku...
Bu Su (ブス, Busu) is a 1987 Japanese film directed by JunIchikawa. It is Ichikawa's first feature film. 9th Yokohama Film Festival Won: Best Actress -...
Emmerich. Goodbye Tsugumi was made into a movie in 1990, directed by JunIchikawa. Tsugumi is a sickly but feisty and somewhat unpleasant young girl living...
film won three David di Donatello and four Nastro d'Argento Awards. JunIchikawa as Widow Ching Bud Spencer as Old Captain Andorrano Sally Ming Zeo Ni...
Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning", respectively. Japanese director JunIchikawa adapted Murakami's short story "Tony Takitani" into a 75-minute feature...
directed by Kazuya Konaka with Hirotoshi Kobayashi as the film's writer and JunIchikawa to compose the film's score. Also in 2023, a 13-episode anime, titled...
(1989), received mixed reviews but was made into a 1990 movie directed by JunIchikawa. Her works include twelve novels and seven collections of essays (including...
series Directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara Written by Fumihiko Shimo Music by JunIchikawa Studio Doga Kobo Licensed by NA: Sentai Filmworks Original network ABC...
(Gus Van Sant, USA) Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch, USA) No Life King (JunIchikawa, Japan) The Other Eye (Johanna Heer & Werner Schmiedel, Austria) Pictures...
Kizuna Takaaki Ise/Tetsuro Haga Kichitaro Negishi Tadon to chikuwa Kida JunIchikawa Lead role 1999 License to Live Fujimori Kiyoshi Kurosawa Charisma Goro...
Title Year Director Tokyo-Kyodai 1995 JunIchikawa Ruby Fruit 1995 Takumi Kimiduka Rainbow 1999 Naoto Kumazawa Boogiepop and Others 2000 Ryu Kaneda Moon...
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