Kon Ichikawa Movies

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

With one million yen in stolen cash, Kurita plans his escape to Hokkaido with an unwilling bar girl named Katsumi.

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...

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

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

A samurai suffers to achieve enlightenment while being forced by a Zen Buddhist.

Tokyo Olympiad director Kon Ichikawa documents the 50th anniversary of the Koshien games.

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows...

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...

The story of Dangonosuke, a boy samurai rescuing a woman from a villain is told comically.

A story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy.