Direction: Kon Ichikawa

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Ruriko Asaoka · Hisashi Igawa · Renji Ishibashi · Saburo Ishikura

Direction Kon Ichikawa · Yasuzô Masumura · Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Cast Ayako Wakao · Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Jiro Tamiya · Sachiko Hidari

Plot A Film in Three Parts. The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy....

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Ken Uehara · Asami Kuji · Harue Tone · Yûji Kawakita

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Koji Ishizaka · Mieko Takamine · Keiko Kishi · Yôko Tsukasa

Plot In order 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 back several...

Direction Kon Ichikawa · Tetsuji Takechi

Cast Kotobuki Hananomoto · Ruriko Asaoka · Izumi Ashikawa · Chojuro Hanakawa

Plot Based on the classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm...

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Tamao Nakamura · Mitsuko Kusabue · Machiko Kyô

Plot Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business,...

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Machiko Kyô · Eiji Funakoshi · Sô Yamamura · Kenji Sugawara

Plot Eccentric film about female reporter fired for writing about police corruption. To make money she hides while a weekly magazine offers a prize for her discovery. A bank embezzler and...

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Isao Bitô · Tadao Futami · Kenichi Hagiwara · Reiko Inoue

Plot Three toseinin, low-class wanderers who follow the yakuza code, go from village to village ready to work or fight for anyone who will give them food and lodging.

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Kôji Yakusho · Yûko Asano · Bunta Sugawara · Ryudo Uzaki

Plot Samurai Koheita Mochizuki, who goes by the nickname Dora-Heita, meaning "alley cat" or "playboy," pretends to be an alcoholic magistrate but is in actuality an envoy from the daimyo sent...