Movies

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

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.

Set against the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, two Osaka families navigate the radical social shifts of the early Meiji Era. As the merchant class ascends...

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

A TV movie by Kon Ichikawa, remaking of Ten Dark Women (1961)

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

Film by Kon Ichikawa

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...

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

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa

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

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

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and...

The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.

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