Kon Ichikawa Movies

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

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

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

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...

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

Romantic melodrama

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

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...

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

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

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

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...

A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.