Kon Ichikawa Movies

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

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

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.

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...

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

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

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...

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

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...

War film by Kon Ichikawa

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...

Enoken no wanwan taishô AKA Wanwan Taisho AKA Bowwow General directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

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