Direction: Kon Ichikawa
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Kon Ichikawa. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
365 Nights
1949 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Yuji Hori · Chizuko Nogami · Hideko Takamine · Ken Uehara
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Crammed Streetcar
1957 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Chishu Ryu · Haruko Sugimura · Michiko Ono
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Village of the Eight Tombs
1996 · Movie · 126 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Etsushi Toyokawa · Yûko Asano · Yu Ji Chin Ye · Hisashi Igawa
Plot A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later. Despite the Asian setting, it has a sort of strong sense...
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Young People
1952 · Movie · 113 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Ryo Ikebe · Asami Kuji · Yukiko Shimazaki · Haruko Sugimura
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Kogarashi Monjiro Returns (The Return of Coldwind Monjiro) (TV)
1993 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Atsuo Nakamura · Ryôko Sakaguchi · Ittoku Kishibe · Takeshi Katô
Plot Although 5 years have passed since the reported death of roving gambler Kogarashi Monjiro, the rumors of his survival has struck fear into the heart of Gorozo, the biggest boss...
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The Devil's Island
1977 · Movie · 141 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Koji Ishizaka · Yôko Tsukasa · Reiko Ohara · Mitsuko Kusabue
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Ten Dark Women
1961 · Movie · 102 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Fujiko Yamamoto · Keiko Kishi · Tamao Nakamura · Kyôko Kishida
Plot Kaze is a married TV producer and a shameless philanderer, having nine mistresses all at the same time. All his women have had enough of his indecisiveness and inability to...
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Human Patterns
1949 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Ken Uehara · Shirley Yamaguchi · Chiaki Tsukioka · Yoko Kozakura
Plot This early Kon Ichikawa film marks the first time that he and noted scenarist Natto Wada worked together. The film is about a love triangle among a girl, her poor...
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Bridge of Japan
1956 · Movie · 112 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Chikage Awashima · Fujiko Yamamoto · Ayako Wakao · Ryuuji Shinagawa
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Ginza Veteran
1950 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Choko Iida · Gen Shimizu · Yotaro Katsumi · Yûnosuke Itô
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Actress
1987 · Movie · 130 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Sayuri Yoshinaga · Mitsuko Mori · Bunta Sugawara · Koji Ishizaka
Plot The Japanese actress and film director Kinuyo Tanaka had a career as significant to that country's movie industry as Lillian Gish's was in the U.S. -- it spanned the early...
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Ten Nights of Dream
2006 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan
Direction Yoshitaka Amano · Kon Ichikawa · Akio Jissoji · Masaaki Kawahara
Cast Kyôko Koizumi · Suzuki Matsuo · Tsuyoshi Ujiki · Umenosuke Nakamura
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The Lover
1951 · Movie · 71 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Ryo Ikebe · Asami Kuji · Koreya Senda
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This Way, That Way
1952 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Yoshiko Kuga · Masayuki Mori · Mitsuko Mito · Chiharu ôtomo
Plot An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife's niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly to stay with them. Their mundane...
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The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Fubuki Koshiji · Ryo Ikebe · Sô Yamamura · Mariko Okada
Plot A pretty pickpocket is travelling on an express train from Osaka to her home village. She is an orphan, but wants to show off her wealth to the villagers who...
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Heat and Mud
1950 · Movie · 102 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Susumu Fujita · Yuji Hori · Harue Tone
Plot A robber tries to escape from the police to the wilderness of Hokkaido. He hires a young woman to pretend to be his wife. After learning his true identity, she...
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The Password for You and I: Goodbye, Hello
1959 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Ayako Wakao · Machiko Kyô · Shin Saburi · Hiroshi Kawaguchi
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Big Mama
2001 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Keiko Kishi · Ryuuji Harada · Shoichi Ozawa · Kanae Katsuno
Plot A strong-willed matriarch (Keiko Kishi) struggles to keep her brood of five -- including three grown sons and a pretty, marriageable daughter -- on the road to financial survival, if...
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Mr. Pu
1953 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Yûnosuke Itô · Fubuki Koshiji · Kamatari Fujiwara · Eiko Miyoshi
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Ohan
1984 · Movie · 112 min. · Japan
Direction Kon Ichikawa
Cast Sayuri Yoshinaga · Koji Ishizaka · Reiko Ohara · Michi Kagawa
Plot Does tomorrow with that woman (human) ...... Ichikawa Kunlun × Yoshinaga Sayuri draws, the world of eroticism! The classic masterpieces of Showa literature held in love and passion and Uno's...
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