Kon Ichikawa Movies

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

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

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...

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

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the...

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...

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

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

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

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

An early, heavily Disney-inspired cartoon, written and directed by Kon Ichikawa. A bandit kidnaps a member of a concert audience as an act of...

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