Kon Ichikawa Movies

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between...

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

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

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

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

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

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

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

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...

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...

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

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...

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...

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...

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

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'