Kon Ichikawa Movies

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

An early 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"...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give...

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

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

Romantic melodrama

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

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.