Kon Ichikawa Movies

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will...

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

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

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

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

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

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

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"...

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

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

A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows...

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...

Interview with Japanese film director, conducted by film critic Yuki Mori for the Directors Guild of Japan in 1999.

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