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

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Crammed Streetcar

1957 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan

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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

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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

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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

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Ginza Veteran

1950 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan

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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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The Lover

1951 · Movie · 71 min. · Japan

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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

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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

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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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