Kon Ichikawa Movies

Film by Kon Ichikawa

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"...

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

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

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

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...

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...

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...

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

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

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

Romantic melodrama

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in life and are not ready for marriage....

The story of Dangonosuke, a boy samurai rescuing a woman from a villain, is told comically.

Film by Kon Ichikawa