Kon Ichikawa Movies

Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long...

To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating...

This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive...

This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion...

Kon Ichikawa's war film depicts the 60-hour period from the departure of the battleship Yamato, the pride of the Japanese Navy, until its sinking by...

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.

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

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

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

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh...

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

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...

An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the...

Depicts various relationships between four beautiful sisters, their husbands, and their second daughter's husband's mistress.

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.

Chieko (Momoe Yamaguchi) has been raised as the only child of parents who run a dry goods store. When Chieko was a middle-school student, she learned...

Film by Kon Ichikawa

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