Film director Kon Ichikawa dies at 92

Film director Kon Ichikawa dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - File photo, taken in October 1994, of film director Kon Ichikawa, who died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 13 at age 92, his family said. The photo was taken after Ichikawa received the award for cultural merit from the Japanese government in 1994

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