---
name: "Minami Ichikawa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/minami-ichikawa"
fi1m_id: "minami-ichikawa"
imdb_id: "nm1549716"
tmdb_id: 1029281
wikidata_id: "Q16264125"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "22 July 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-28T20:58:17.517430+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Minami Ichikawa

## Identity

Minami Ichikawa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/minami-ichikawa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** minami-ichikawa
- **IMDb ID:** nm1549716
- **TMDB ID:** 1029281
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16264125
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minami_Ichikawa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16264125, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1549716/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1029281

Producer. Born 22 July 1966 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 22 July 1966, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** いちかわ みなみ, 市川 南
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (3), 2020s 69 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Horror 3, Science Fiction 3, Action 2, Animation 2, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $702m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minami_Ichikawa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16264125, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1549716/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1029281

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Exit 8*](https://film.one/film/exit-8.md) (72)

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## Biography

Minami Ichikawa is a Japanese film producer and businessman. He is Senior Managing Executive Officer of Toho Co., Ltd. and head of its Motion Picture Group. He previously served as president of Toho Pictures.

Born in Tokyo on 22 July 1966, Ichikawa graduated from Gakushuin University and joined Toho in 1989. He worked initially in the advertising department before moving to film coordination and production. He has held executive producer or producer credits on numerous Toho releases, including *13 Assassins* (2010), *Shin Godzilla* (2016), *Godzilla Minus One* (2023) and *Exit 8* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Sheep in the Box* (2026), Fi1m 54, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sheep-in-the-box.md)
- *Exit 8* (2025), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/exit-8.md)
- *Godzilla Minus One* (2023), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-minus-one.md)
- *Shin Godzilla* (2016), Fi1m 74, Production Manager, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shin-godzilla.md)
- *Your Name.* (2016), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/your-name.md)
- *Wolf Children* (2012), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wolf-children.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Human Vapor* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *Sheep in the Box* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/sheep-in-the-box.md)
- *Sakamoto Days* (2026), Producer
- *Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway* (2026), Executive Producer
- *5 Centimeters per Second* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Exit 8* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/exit-8.md)
- *Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback* (2025), Executive Producer
- *What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister* (2024), Production Director
- *Dear Family* (2024), Production Director
- *Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Godzilla Minus One* (2023), Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-minus-one.md)
- *Monster* (2023), Executive Producer
- *My Happy Marriage* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Shin Ultraman* (2022), Producer
- *Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Stand by Me Doraemon 2* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Love Me, Love Me Not* (2020), Executive Producer
- *My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Her Blue Sky* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Weathering with You* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Fortuna's Eye* (2019), Producer
- *It Comes* (2018), Producer
- *My Hero Academia: Two Heroes* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Inuyashiki* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Fireworks* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Let Me Eat Your Pancreas* (2017), Producer
- *Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Mary and The Witch's Flower* (2017), Associate Producer
- *Your Lie in April* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Shin Godzilla* (2016), Production Manager, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/shin-godzilla.md)
- *Your Name.* (2016), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/your-name.md)
- *I Am a Hero* (2016), Producer
- *Bakuman* (2015), Producer
- *The Boy and the Beast* (2015), Producer
- *Parasyte: Part 2* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Assassination Classroom* (2015), Producer
- *Strobe Edge* (2015), Producer
- *Blue Spring Ride* (2014), Producer
- *Parasyte: Part 1* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Wood Job!* (2014), Producer
- *My Little Nightmare: The Movie* (2014), Producer
- *The Eternal Zero* (2013), Producer
- *The Liar and His Lover* (2013), Executive Producer
- *The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji* (2013), Executive Producer
- *The Apology King* (2013), Co-Executive Producer
- *Miracle Apples* (2013), Co-Executive Producer
- *Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Blue Exorcist: The Movie* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Tug of War!* (2012), Producer
- *Wolf Children* (2012), Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/wolf-children.md)
- *Always: Sunset on Third Street '64* (2012), Producer
- *Robo-G* (2012), Development Manager
- *The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma* (2011), Production Director
- *A Ghost of a Chance* (2011), Development Manager
- *In His Chart* (2011), Producer
- *Peak: The Rescuers* (2011), Executive Producer
- *13 Assassins* (2010), Producer
- *Villain* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Confessions* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Zero Focus* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Battle Under Orion* (2009), Executive Producer
- *The Vulture* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Major: The Ball of Friendship* (2008), Executive Producer
- *The Last Princess* (2008), Producer
- *Flowers in the Shadow* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Tsubaki Sanjuro* (2007), Producer
- *Closed Note* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Life Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Bizan* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Christmas on July 24th Avenue* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Star Reformer* (2006), Producer
- *Forbidden Siren* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Suite Dreams* (2006), Producer
- *Spring Snow* (2005), Producer
- *Train Man* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean* (2005), Producer
- *Be with You* (2004), Producer
- *University of Laughs* (2004), Producer
- *Crying Out Love in the Center of the World* (2004), Producer
- *Like Asura* (2003), Producer
- *Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover* (2002), Producer

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