Kon Ichikawa Movies

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 life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

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

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...

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...

The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following the death of her fiancé.

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

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.

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

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

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

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

Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi.

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts 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...