Movie Database

Movies by Director - Kon Ichikawa (91 [Missing: 53])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Musume DôjôjiNA1946 Animation,Short Not Available
365 NightsA 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 decides to marry her. Only to discover that his father is is in debt and wants him t1949Kon IchikawaDrama5.9 (30 votes)11920211228
A Flower BloomsNA1948 \N Not Available
Passion Without EndNA1949 Drama Not Available
Human PatternsNA1949 Drama Not Available
Pursuit at Dawn [Akatsuki no tsuiseki]nan1950Kon IchikawaCrime,Drama6.2 (22 votes)9420240715
Pursuit at Dawn [Akatsuki no tsuiseki]NA1950 Not Available
Ginza SanshiroNA1950 Drama Not Available
Heat and MudNA1950 Drama Not Available
Wedding MarchNA1951 Drama Not Available
KoibitoNA1951 \N Not Available
The Man Without a NationalityNA1951 \N Not Available
IeraishanNA1951 Drama,War Not Available
Nusumareta koiNA1951 Drama Not Available
River Solo FlowsNA1951 War Not Available
This Way, That Way [Ano te kono te]nan1952Kon IchikawaComedy7.3 (20 votes)9220230424
This Way, That Way [Ano te kono te]NA1952 Not Available
The Woman Who Touched the LegsNA1952 Comedy Not Available
Mr. LuckyNA1952 Drama Not Available
The Blue RevolutionNA1953 Drama Not Available
The LoversNA1953 Comedy Not Available
Mr. Pu [Pu-san]A dark satire of a contemporary Japan still exhausted from the aftermath of war, hunger, poverty and unemployment. And just as its people are recovering, there is a threat during these Cold War years of renewed militarism and rear...1953Kon IchikawaComedy,Drama6.3 (70 votes)9820230328
Youth of Heiji SenigataNA1953 Comedy,Drama,History Not Available
All of MyselfNA1954 Drama Not Available
A BillionaireNA1954 Comedy Not Available
Twelve Chapters on WomenNA1954 Drama Not Available
Heart, The [Kokoro]At the end of Meiji era a young student befriend an older man who as a proof of trust but also as a kind of exorcism entrust him his secret, a story about jealousy, betrayal, shame and guilt.1955Kon IchikawaDrama7.3 (432 votes)12020211228
Ghost Story of Youth [Seishun kaidan]nan1955Kon IchikawaDrama6.8 (17 votes)11420231001
Ghost Story of Youth [Seishun kaidan]NA1955 Not Available
Burmese Harp, TheIn the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.1956Kon IchikawaDrama,Music,War8.1 (5.8K votes)11620211228
Bridge of JapanFor his 1st color film, Ichikawa did an Edo era story of two geishas scheming against each other for control of the Nihonbashi bridge area, and vying for the affections of a young doctor.1956Kon IchikawaDrama,Romance7.2 (57 votes)11220211228
Punishment Room [Shokei no heya]Nothing less than a phenomenal, astonishing and pioneering film. This spectacle of an angry, ego-driven youth tormented by his own emotional impotence, low self-esteem and resentment towards his parents.1956Kon IchikawaAction,Crime,Thriller7.0 (193 votes)9620211228
Hole, The [Ana; Hole in One]A clever reporter gets involved with a bank embezzlement case.1957Kon IchikawaComedy,Mystery6.9 (43 votes)10320230328
Crowded Streetcar, The [Manin densha]Tamio Moroi graduates from a prestigious university and obtains a job at the Camel Brewery in a distant town. He is keen to work hard, but is warned to take it easy and just appear as if he were working. He receives a letter from his1957Kon IchikawaComedy7.1 (74 votes)10220211228
The Men of TohokuNA1957 Drama Not Available
Conflagration [Enjo]Goichi Mizoguchi, an aspiring Buddhist monk who became involved in the temple that was owned by his father, through a series of flashbacks, framed as a police interrogation, Mizoguchi unravels the story of his obsession with the temp1958Kon IchikawaDrama7.1 (804 votes)9920211228
Odd Obsession [Kagi]A man getting on in years sets out to find a way to resurrect his flagging virility.1959Kon IchikawaComedy,Drama6.9 (834 votes)10720211228
Fires on the Plain [Nobi]In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.1959Kon IchikawaDrama,War8.0 (4.7K votes)10820211228
Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwaNA1959 Comedy,Drama Not Available
BonchiNA1960 Comedy,Drama Not Available
Brother [Otôto]Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this standard drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.1960Kon IchikawaDrama6.9 (445 votes)9820220731
A Woman's TestamentNA1960 Drama,Romance Not Available
Ten Dark Women [Kuroi jûnin no onna]A man has a wife and nine girlfriends, all ten of whom are fed up with his shameless polygamy and plot to kill him. However, this is easier said than done.1961Kon IchikawaComedy,Crime,Drama6.9 (220 votes)10320211228
Outcast, The [Hakai]A young man struggles to come to terms with his true identity in a remote caste-based village in early 20th century Japan.1962Kon IchikawaDrama6.8 (158 votes)11920211228
Being Two Isn't Easy [Watashi wa nisai]Husband and wife Gorô and Chiyo, and their only offspring, an infant son named Tarô, go through the ups and downs of family life living in a cramped modern apartment building in suburban Tokyo. Their story is told in Tarô's second ye1962Kon IchikawaComedy,Drama6.9 (387 votes)8820211228
Alone on the Pacific [Taiheiyô hitoribotchi]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 planning many unforeseen events will test his determination.1963Kon IchikawaAdventure7.0 (506 votes)10420240701
Actor's Revenge, An [Yukinojô henge]Yukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents. Also involved are the daughter of one of Yukinojo's targets, two master thieves, and a swordsman who himself is out to kill Yuk1963Kon IchikawaAction,Comedy,Drama7.4 (2.4K votes)11520211228
The Money DanceNA1964 Action,Crime Not Available
Twenty Hours [Húsz óra]Kon Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on display at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, creating a record of observations that range from the expansive to the intimate.1965Kon IchikawaDocumentary,Sport7.8 (1.9K votes)17020211228
Tale of Genji, The [Genji monogatari ]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 and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing the one 1966Kon Ichikawa, Tetsuji TakechiDrama5.8 (44 votes)020220315
Topo Gigio and the Missile WarNA1967 Family,Fantasy Not Available
SeishunNA1968 Documentary Not Available
KyotoNA1969 Documentary,Short Not Available
Japan and the JapaneseNA1970 Documentary,Short Not Available
To Love AgainSet in Japan and Paris, this is ""a love story about a Japanese girl and a French boy separated by language, culture, family and common sense.""1971Kon IchikawaDrama,Romance6.6 (19 votes)9320240930
Wanderers, The [Matatabi]Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three wanderers who travel through feudal Japan selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls.1973Kon IchikawaAction,Adventure,Comedy6.7 (134 votes)10020211228
Visions of EightNA1973 Documentary,Sport Not Available
I Am a Cat [Wagahai wa neko de aru]The cat of the title roams around the house of a poor schoolteacher in the late 19th century, observing the goings-on of the teacher and his neighbors.1975Kon IchikawaComedy,Drama6.7 (200 votes)11620211228
Inugami Family, The [Inugami-ke no ichizoku]When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.1976Kon IchikawaCrime,Drama,Horror7.1 (821 votes)14620211228
Tsuma to onna no aidaNA1976 \N Not Available
Devil's Ballad, The [Akuma no temari-uta]Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in o...1977Kon IchikawaCrime,Drama,Mystery6.8 (314 votes)14420221116
Devil's Island, The [Gokumon To] A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.1977Kon IchikawaDrama,Mystery,Thriller6.5 (193 votes)14120211228
Firebird - Daybreak Chapter [Hi no tori]This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsu1978Kon IchikawaAction,Adventure,Comedy6.0 (185 votes)13720211228
Queen Bee [Joôbachi]Private detective Kindaichi investigates a series of murders in scenic rural Japan.1978Kon IchikawaMystery,Thriller6.4 (129 votes)14020211228
House of Hanging, The [Byoinzaka no kubikukuri no ie]Kosuke visits a photo studio to take photo for his passport. There he happens to meet a daughter who came to request a wedding anniversary photo shoot.1979Kon IchikawaDrama,Mystery,Thriller6.4 (103 votes)13920211228
KotoKoto is a 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa starring Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura in an adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's story The Old Capital.1980Kon IchikawaDrama6.6 (80 votes)12520211228
Makioka Sisters [Kon Ichikawa - Sasame-yuki]The orphaned Makioka sisters look for a husband for their third sister, Yukiko, as the rebellious youngest sister, Taeko, is kept waiting her turn.1983Kon IchikawaComedy,Drama,Romance7.2 (1.5K votes)14020211228
Ohannan1984Kon IchikawaDrama,Romance7.2 (31 votes)11220230830
OhanNA1984 Not Available
Burmese Harp, The [Biruma no tategoto]After becoming separated from his platoon, a Japanese soldier dons a Buddhist monk's robe and tends to the bodies of the many war casualties strewn across the countryside.1985Kon IchikawaDrama,War7.1 (187 votes)13320230830
The Hall of the Crying DeerNA1986 Drama Not Available
ActressNA1987 Biography,Drama,History Not Available
Princess From The MoonBased on a centuries-old traditional Japanese fairy tale, a country couple finds a baby girl in some bamboo and raises her as their own daughter. Not the same as the original tale, though, in which the girl was a fairy from the moon 1987Kon IchikawaAdventure,Drama,Fantasy6.3 (531 votes)12120211228
Noh Mask Murders [Tenkawa densetsu satsujin jiken]Get the IMDb AppView Full SiteHelpSite IndexIMDbProIMDb TVBox Office MojoIMDb DeveloperPress RoomAdvertisingJobsConditions of UsePrivacy PolicyInterest-Based Ads? 1990-2021 by IMDb.com, Inc.1991Kon IchikawaDrama,Mystery5.5 (60 votes)10920211228
FusaNA1993 Drama,Mystery,Romance Not Available
47 Ronin [Shijûshichinin no shikaku] A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord.1994Kon IchikawaAction,Drama,War6.4 (566 votes)13220240910
The 8-Tomb VillageNA1996 Mystery Not Available
CraneNA1988 Fantasy,History Not Available
Lonely Heart [Kôfuku]There is a shooting at a small bookstore in town. When the police arrive they find three victims two of whom have already died. One of the dead uttered something strange before dying. The criminal has fled the scene. Coincidentally, 1981Kon IchikawaCrime,Drama,Mystery6.9 (69 votes)10520211228
Forbidden PathNA1952 Drama Not Available
Tôhô sen'ichi-yaNA1947 \N Not Available
Alley Cat [Dora-heita]New magistrate cleans up a corrupt town in his own comic Samurai way.2000Kon IchikawaAction,Crime6.7 (536 votes)11120220414
Kah-chanNA2001 Comedy Not Available
Shinjitsu ichiroNA1993 \N Not Available
Kogarashi Monjiro Returns [Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjirô]nan1993Kon IchikawaAction,Dramanan9620230328
Kogarashi Monjiro Returns [Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjirô]NA1993 Not Available
ShinsengumiNA2000 Action,Animation Not Available
Shinsetsu kachikachi yamaNA1936 Animation,Short Not Available
Sambyakurokujugo ya - Osaka-henNA1948 Romance Not Available
Sanbyaku rokujû-go ya: Tôkyô-henNA1948 \N Not Available
Murder of the Inugami Clan [Inugami-ke no ichizoku]A web of deceit, adultery and greed manifests in Kon Ichikawa's remake of his own 1976 hit about a murder investigation that reveals years of hidden skeletons and a shocking family secret.2006Kon IchikawaDrama,Mystery,Thriller6.2 (356 votes)13420211228
A Daughter's MarriageNA2003 Drama Not Available
Ten Nights of Dreams [Yume jû-ya]Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts2006Yoshitaka Amano, Kon Ichikawa, Akio Jissôji, Masaaki Kawahara, Suzuki MatsuoFantasy6.3 (427 votes)10020220414
Ten Dark WomenNA2002 Comedy,Crime,Drama Not Available
Kankon sosaiNA1959 \N Not Available
Kêisatsû-kan to bôryôku-danNA1959 Crime Not Available