Kon Ichikawa Movies

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

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

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

Kon Ichikawa's war film depicts the 60-hour period from the departure of the battleship Yamato, the pride of the Japanese Navy, until its sinking by...

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

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

Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill...

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...

An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the...

War film by Kon Ichikawa

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering...

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...

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

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.

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...

Depicts various relationships between four beautiful sisters, their husbands, and their second daughter's husband's mistress.

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

Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it endangers his life. A gang hires him...