Kon Ichikawa Movies

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...

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

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...

Romantic melodrama

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

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...

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

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

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.

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

A Japanese girl and a French boy make strides in overcoming the cultural barriers that prevent them from fully expressing the love they have for one...

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

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

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

Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long...