Kon Ichikawa Movies

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

Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include...

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

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

This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion...

A story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy.

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and...

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.

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

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

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

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...

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...

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions