Kon Ichikawa Movies

A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and Shinichi, a thorough rationalist...

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

Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long...

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

Romantic melodrama

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

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

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

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

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

A Japanese girl and a French boy make strides in overcoming the cultural barriers that prevent them from fully expressing the love they have for one...

The life of iconic Japanese director 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...

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

A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.

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