, also known as ''A Filmful Life'', is a 2006 documentary directed by

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

director

Shunji Iwai is a Japanese film director, video artist, writer and documentary maker. Life and career Iwai was born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. He attended Yokohama National University, graduating in 1987. In 1988 he started out in the Japanese entertainment ...

about the life of iconic and prolific Japanese director

Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary '' Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won ...

. The documentary also devotes time to Natto Wada, Ichikawa's wife, who wrote many of his screenplays. It was filmed during production of Ichikawa's 2006 film , a remake of his 1976 film of the same name, which would prove to be the director's final film. A DVD (with English subtitles) was released in Japan on June 29, 2007. Ichikawa died the following year at the age of 92.

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* 2006 films 2000s Japanese-language films Films directed by Shunji Iwai 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub