Kon Ichikawa Movies

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

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

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...

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

The story of Dangonosuke, a boy samurai rescuing a woman from a villain is told comically.

With one million yen in stolen cash, Kurita plans his escape to Hokkaido with an unwilling bar girl named Katsumi.

A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and Shinichi, a thorough rationalist...

Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shinsengumi - at the end of the Edo period.

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...

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

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

A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.