Jun Ichikawa

Jun Ichikawa (市川 準) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first a director of television commercials before adding filmmaking to his creative activities. 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, shortly before his latest film, Buy a Suit, was to premier at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Filmography

 * Buy A Suit (2008)
 * How to Become Myself (2007)
 * Aogeba Tôtoshi (2006)
 * Tony Takitani (2004)
 * Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover (2002)
 * Tokyo Marigold (2001)
 * Zawa-zawa Shimo-Kitazawa (2000)
 * Osaka Story (1999)
 * Tadon to Chikuwa (1998)
 * Tokyo Lullaby (1997)
 * Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment (1996)
 * The Tokyo Siblings (1995)
 * Kurêpu (1993)
 * Dying at a Hospital (1993)
 * Kin Chan no Cinema Jack (1993) (segment "Kitto Kurusa")
 * Tugumi (1990)
 * No Life King (1989)
 * Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988)
 * Bu Su (1987)