Kon Ichikawa Movies

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute"...

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

In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained...

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a...

Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game.

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

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

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...

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

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.

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

Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old...

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

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...

Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful...

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

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...

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...