Kon Ichikawa Movies

A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own...

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

Film by Kon Ichikawa

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

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 ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

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

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

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

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

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

Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children.

A TV movie by Kon Ichikawa, remaking of Ten Dark Women (1961)

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...

Abbreviated version of Tokyo Olympiad, intended for overseas audiences and with added English narration.

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...

Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are...