Kon Ichikawa Movies

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

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

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...

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"...

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

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

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

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

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.

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

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

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

When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons,...

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

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

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

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...