Kon Ichikawa Movies

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows...

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

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

A samurai suffers to achieve enlightenment while being forced by a Zen Buddhist.

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...

Tokyo Olympiad director Kon Ichikawa documents the 50th anniversary of the Koshien games.

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

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...

Interview with Japanese film director, conducted by film critic Yuki Mori for the Directors Guild of Japan in 1999.

Documentary on the city of Kyoto, Japan. Topics include the Ryoanji Temple stone garden, a geisha residence, the Katsura Imperial Villa, and the Gion...

A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.

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...