Kon Ichikawa Movies

Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill...

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.

An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the...

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

Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it endangers his life. A gang hires him...

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

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

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

In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained...

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...

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"...

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

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

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

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

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

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

An early film by Kon Ichikawa