Kon Ichikawa Movies

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

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

With one million yen in stolen cash, Kurita plans his escape to Hokkaido with an unwilling bar girl named Katsumi.

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...

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

Minako, a ballerina who has been dating since her school days, and Koheta, a banker. It was Koheta who was finally about to get married as a result...

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

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

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

Romantic melodrama

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

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A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.

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