Kon Ichikawa Movies

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

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

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

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Period piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have lost her memory.

Tokyo Olympiad director Kon Ichikawa documents the 50th anniversary of the Koshien games.

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and...

Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in life and are not ready for marriage....

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and Shinichi, a thorough rationalist...

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

Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill...

The story of Dangonosuke, a boy samurai rescuing a woman from a villain, is told comically.

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"...

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shinsengumi - at the end of the Edo period.