Kon Ichikawa Filmes

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

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.

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.

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.