Kon Ichikawa Movies

Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shinsengumi - at the end of the Edo period.

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...

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro hitches a ride on the space train Galaxy Express...

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 band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later.

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...

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

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

When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons,...

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

Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include...

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

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

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...

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