Kon Ichikawa Movies

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

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...

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The...

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

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

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

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

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will...

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

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

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...

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

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

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

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

Comedy drama by Kon Ichikawa