Kon Ichikawa Movies

  • 1951
    Bengawan Solo

    Bengawan Solo

    Bengawan Solo

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    War film by Kon Ichikawa

    Bengawan Solo
  • 1955
    Ghost Story of Youth

    Ghost Story of Youth

    Ghost Story of Youth

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    A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and Shinichi, a thorough rationalist...

    Ghost Story of Youth
  • 1952
    This Way, That Way

    This Way, That Way

    This Way, That Way

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    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...

    This Way, That Way
  • 1955
    The Heart

    The Heart

    The Heart

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    In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained...

    The Heart
  • 1966
    The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji

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    An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the...

    The Tale of Genji
  • 1952
    Forbidden Path

    Forbidden Path

    Forbidden Path

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    Forbidden Path
  • 1948
    365 Nights: Tokyo

    365 Nights: Tokyo

    365 Nights: Tokyo

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    Film by Kon Ichikawa

    365 Nights: Tokyo
  • 1963
    Alone Across the Pacific

    Alone Across the Pacific

    Alone Across the Pacific

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    Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful...

    Alone Across the Pacific
  • 2001
    Kah-chan

    Kah-chan

    Kah-chan

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    Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering...

    Kah-chan
  • 1965
    Tokyo Olympics (International Version)

    Tokyo Olympics (International Version)

    Tokyo Olympics (International Version)

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    Abbreviated version of Tokyo Olympiad, intended for overseas audiences and with added English narration.

    Tokyo Olympics (International Version)
  • 1960
    The Woman Who Touched Legs

    The Woman Who Touched Legs

    The Woman Who Touched Legs

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    Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

    The Woman Who Touched Legs
  • 1999
    Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema

    Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema

    Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema

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

    Kon Ichikawa: My Life in Cinema
  • 1988
    Crane

    Crane

    Crane

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    Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will...

    Crane
  • 1954
    All of Myself

    All of Myself

    All of Myself

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    The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following the death of her fiancé.

    All of Myself
  • 1954
    12 Chapters About Women

    12 Chapters About Women

    12 Chapters About Women

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    Minako, a ballerina who has been dating since her school days, and Koheta, a banker. It was Koheta who was finally about to get married as a result...

    12 Chapters About Women
  • 1953
    The Blue Revolution

    The Blue Revolution

    The Blue Revolution

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    The Blue Revolution
  • 1948
    A Flower Blooms

    A Flower Blooms

    A Flower Blooms

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    Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.

    A Flower Blooms
  • 1953
    Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth

    Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth

    Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth

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    Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
  • 1943
    World of Love

    World of Love

    World of Love

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    A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute"...

    World of Love
  • 2002
    Ten Dark Women

    Ten Dark Women

    Ten Dark Women

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

    Ten Dark Women