Kon Ichikawa Filmes

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

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

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

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

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

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...

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

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

A TV movie by Kon Ichikawa, remaking of Ten Dark Women (1961)

A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.

Film mixing live action with the famous animated Italian rubber mouse, Topo Gigio.

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

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.

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...

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