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Caption: Kon Ichikawa
About Giichi Ichikawa
Director, Writer, Producer
Born: November 20, 1915
Star sign: Scorpio
Known for: The Makioka Sisters (1983), Tokyo Olympiad (1965), 47 Ronin (1994), Princess from the Moon (1987)
Source: IMDB
Kon Ichikawa has been influenced by artists as diverse as Walt Disney and Jean Renoir, and his films cover a wide spectrum of moods, from the comic to the overwhelmingly ironic and even the perverse. Ichikawa began his career as a cartoonist, and this influence is apparent in his skillful use of the widescreen, and in the strong, angular patterns ...
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