Kon Ichikawa Movies

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...

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

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

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...

Abbreviated version of Tokyo Olympiad, intended for overseas audiences and with added English narration.

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"...

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...

The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following the death of her fiancé.

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering...

Set against the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, two Osaka families navigate the radical social shifts of the early Meiji Era. As the merchant class ascends...

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

An early film by Kon Ichikawa