Kon Ichikawa
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Kon Ichikawa was a prominent Japanese film director known for his stylistic versatility and acclaimed works such as "The Burmese Harp" and "Fires on the Plain."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kon Ichikawa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9717632 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kon Ichikawa Context triple: [Ayako Wakao, collaboratedWith, Kon Ichikawa]
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A.
Imamura Shohei
Imamura Shohei was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his gritty, humanistic portrayals of postwar Japanese society and for winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice.
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B.
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi was a renowned Japanese film director celebrated for his long-take visual style and poignant portrayals of women and social injustice in classics such as "Ugetsu" and "Sansho the Bailiff."
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C.
Yasujiro Homma
Yasujiro Homma was a Japanese general during World War II, best known for commanding the invasion of the Philippines and later being executed for war crimes related to the Bataan Death March.
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D.
Yasujirō Ozu
Yasujirō Ozu was a seminal Japanese film director renowned for his minimalist style, low camera angles, and deeply human family dramas such as "Tokyo Story."
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E.
Tsukada Hideo
Tsukada Hideo is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Tsukada.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kon Ichikawa Target entity description: Kon Ichikawa was a prominent Japanese film director known for his stylistic versatility and acclaimed works such as "The Burmese Harp" and "Fires on the Plain."
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A.
Imamura Shohei
Imamura Shohei was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his gritty, humanistic portrayals of postwar Japanese society and for winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice.
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B.
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi was a renowned Japanese film director celebrated for his long-take visual style and poignant portrayals of women and social injustice in classics such as "Ugetsu" and "Sansho the Bailiff."
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C.
Yasujiro Homma
Yasujiro Homma was a Japanese general during World War II, best known for commanding the invasion of the Philippines and later being executed for war crimes related to the Bataan Death March.
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D.
Yasujirō Ozu
Yasujirō Ozu was a seminal Japanese film director renowned for his minimalist style, low camera angles, and deeply human family dramas such as "Tokyo Story."
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E.
Tsukada Hideo
Tsukada Hideo is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Tsukada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| birthName | Giichi Ichikawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1915-11-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-02-13 ⓘ |
| employer |
Daiei Film
NERFINISHED
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Nikkatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
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screenwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary film
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drama film ⓘ literary adaptation ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| givenName | Giichi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpouseCollaboration | screenplays written by Natto Wada ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of Japanese filmmakers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Mikio Naruse
NERFINISHED
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Yasujiro Ozu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | Japanese ⓘ |
| movement | Japanese postwar cinema ⓘ |
| name | Kon Ichikawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 市川崑 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Blue Ribbon Awards
NERFINISHED
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Japan Academy Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinema Junpo Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptations of literary works
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anti-war themes ⓘ stylistic versatility ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Actor's Revenge
NERFINISHED
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Conflagration NERFINISHED ⓘ Fires on the Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ Odd Obsession NERFINISHED ⓘ The Burmese Harp NERFINISHED ⓘ The Inugami Family NERFINISHED ⓘ The Makioka Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Olympiad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Natto Wada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn | Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games official film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1930s–2000s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kon Ichikawa Description of subject: Kon Ichikawa was a prominent Japanese film director known for his stylistic versatility and acclaimed works such as "The Burmese Harp" and "Fires on the Plain."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.