was a Japanese

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

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. He was first a director of

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before adding filmmaking to his creative activities. His most famous film outside Japan was ''

Tony Takitani is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa, based on the short story by Haruki Murakami. Inspiration Haruki Murakami was intrigued by the name Tony Takitani when, at a garage sale on Maui, he found a yellow T-shirt that said, "Tony Takitan ...

'', an adaptation of a short story by

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been bestsellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his ...

. He died of a

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after suddenly collapsing at a restaurant,Variety Obit.
shortly before his latest film, '' Buy a Suit'', was to premier at the

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Filmography

* '' Buy A Suit'' (2008) * '' How to Become Myself'' (2007) * '' Aogeba Tôtoshi'' (2006) * ''

'' (

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

) * '' Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover'' (2002) * ''

Tokyo Marigold Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...

'' (2001) * '' Zawa-zawa Shimo-Kitazawa'' (2000) * ''

Osaka Story is a 1999 Japanese drama film directed by Jun Ichikawa and starring Chizuru Ikewaki, Kōsuke Minamino, Kenji Sawada and Yūko Tanaka. It was released on 27 March 1999. Cast *Chizuru Ikewaki * Kōsuke Minamino *Kenji Sawada *Yūko Tanaka Rece ...

'' (1999) * '' Tadon to Chikuwa'' (1998) * ''

Tokyo Lullaby is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa. Plot Cast *Kyōzō Nagatsuka as Koichi Hamanaka *Kaori Momoi as Tami Ohsawa *Mitsuko Baisho as Hisako Hamanaka * Satoko Abe as Tomomi Ito * Kyoko Asagiri as Tami's step mother * Tokue Hanaz ...

'' (1997) * '' Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' Kurêpu'' (1993) * ''

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'' (1993) * ''

Kin Chan no Cinema Jack __NOTOC__ Kin usually refers to kinship and family. Kin or KIN may also refer to: Culture and religion * Otherkin, people who identify as not entirely human *Kinism, a white supremacist religious movement * Kinh, the majority ethnic group of ...

'' (1993) (segment "Kitto Kurusa") * ''

Tugumi is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa, and based on the novel '' Goodbye Tsugumi'' by Banana Yoshimoto. Awards 12th Yokohama Film Festival * Best Supporting Actress - Tomoko Nakajima * 6th Best Film Cast *Riho Makise *Tomoko Nakajima ...

'' (

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

) * ''

No Life King No (and variant writings) may refer to one of these articles: English language * ''Yes'' and ''no'' (responses) * A determiner in noun phrases Alphanumeric symbols * No (kana), a letter/syllable in Japanese script * No symbol, displayed � ...

'' (1989) * '' Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You'' (1988) * ''

Bu Su is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa. It is Ichikawa's first feature film. Awards 9th Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various award ...

'' (1987)

References

External links

* * 1948 births 2008 deaths Japanese film directors People from Western Tokyo 20th-century Japanese screenwriters {{Japan-film-director-stub