Kon Ichikawa Movies

  • 1950
    Pursuit At Dawn

    Pursuit At Dawn

    Pursuit At Dawn

    01950HD

    This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

    Pursuit At Dawn
  • 1961
    Ten Dark Women

    Ten Dark Women

    Ten Dark Women

    5.91961HD

    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...

    Ten Dark Women
  • 1978
    Queen Bee

    Queen Bee

    Queen Bee

    7.31978HD

    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...

    Queen Bee
  • 1953
    The Lovers

    The Lovers

    The Lovers

    01953HD

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

    The Lovers
  • 1951
    Stolen Love

    Stolen Love

    Stolen Love

    01951HD

    Romantic melodrama

    Stolen Love
  • 1985
    The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

    5.21985HD

    In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the...

    The Burmese Harp
  • 1978
    The Phoenix

    The Phoenix

    The Phoenix

    5.61978HD

    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...

    The Phoenix
  • 1970
    Japan and the Japanese

    Japan and the Japanese

    Japan and the Japanese

    01970HD

    A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.

    Japan and the Japanese
  • 1940
    Enoken's Bow-Wow General

    Enoken's Bow-Wow General

    Enoken's Bow-Wow General

    01940HD

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

    Enoken's Bow-Wow General
  • 1960
    Her Brother

    Her Brother

    Her Brother

    6.91960HD

    Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between...

    Her Brother
  • 1954
    12 Chapters About Women

    12 Chapters About Women

    12 Chapters About Women

    01954HD

    Minako, a ballerina who has been dating since her school days, and Koheta, a banker. It was Koheta who was finally about to get married as a result...

    12 Chapters About Women
  • 1959
    Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession

    6.31959HD

    A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the...

    Odd Obsession
  • 1951
    Wedding March

    Wedding March

    Wedding March

    01951HD

    Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

    Wedding March
  • 1956
    Bridge of Japan

    Bridge of Japan

    Bridge of Japan

    7.31956HD

    Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

    Bridge of Japan
  • 1957
    Hole in One

    Hole in One

    Hole in One

    61957HD

    A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

    Hole in One
  • 1954
    All of Myself

    All of Myself

    All of Myself

    01954HD

    The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following the death of her fiancé.

    All of Myself
  • 1993
    Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

    Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

    Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

    01993HD

    Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
  • 1951
    Bengawan Solo

    Bengawan Solo

    Bengawan Solo

    01951HD

    War film by Kon Ichikawa

    Bengawan Solo
  • 1957
    The Crowded Train

    The Crowded Train

    The Crowded Train

    6.81957HD

    Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

    The Crowded Train
  • 1984
    Ohan

    Ohan

    Ohan

    01984HD

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

    Ohan