Kon Ichikawa Movies

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.

Minako, a ballerina who has been dating since her school days, and Koheta, a banker. It was Koheta who was finally about to get married as a result...

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute"...

With one million yen in stolen cash, Kurita plans his escape to Hokkaido with an unwilling bar girl named Katsumi.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

A TV movie by Kon Ichikawa, remaking of Ten Dark Women (1961)

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

Film mixing live action with the famous animated Italian rubber mouse, Topo Gigio.

An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly...

Enoken no wanwan taishô AKA Wanwan Taisho AKA Bowwow General directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

Documentary on the city of Kyoto, Japan. Topics include the Ryoanji Temple stone garden, a geisha residence, the Katsura Imperial Villa, and the Gion...

Abbreviated version of Tokyo Olympiad, intended for overseas audiences and with added English narration.

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering...

A samurai suffers to achieve enlightenment while being forced by a Zen Buddhist.