Jun Ichikawa | |
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Born |
Tokyo, Japan |
November 25, 1948
Died | September 19, 2008 Tokyo, Japan |
(aged 59)
Cause of death | Cerebral hemorrhage |
Years active | 1987–2008 |
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. His most famous film outside Japan was 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.