Kon Ichikawa Movies

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

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

Enoken no wanwan taishô AKA Wanwan Taisho AKA Bowwow General directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

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

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

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

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

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

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

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...

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

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa