Movies by Director - Kon Ichikawa (87 [Missing: 48]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 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. | 2006 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (356 votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| 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 efforts | 2006 | Yoshitaka Amano, Kon Ichikawa, Akio Jissôji, Masaaki Kawahara, Suzuki Matsuo | Fantasy | 6.3 (427 votes) | 100 | 20220414 |
| A Daughter's MarriageNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Ten Dark WomenNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Kah-chanNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Alley Cat [Dora-heita]New magistrate cleans up a corrupt town in his own comic Samurai way. | 2000 | Kon Ichikawa | Action, Crime | 6.7 (536 votes) | 111 | 20220414 |
| ShinsengumiNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| The 8-Tomb VillageNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| 47 RoninNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Kogarashi Monjiro Returns [Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjirô]nan | 1993 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama | nan | 96 | 20230328 |
| Shinjitsu ichiroNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| FusaNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| 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. | 1991 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama, Mystery | 5.5 (60 votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| CraneNA | | | | | | 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 | 1987 | Kon Ichikawa | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi | 6.3 (531 votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| ActressNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| The Hall of the Crying DeerNA | | | | | | 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. | 1985 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama, War | 7.1 (187 votes) | 133 | 20230830 |
| Ohannan | 1984 | Kon Ichikawa | nan | 7.2 (31 votes) | 112 | 20230830 |
| 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. | 1983 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (1.5K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| 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, | 1981 | Kon Ichikawa | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.9 (69 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1980 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama | 6.6 (80 votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1979 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (103 votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| 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 Matsu | 1978 | Kon Ichikawa | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, War | 6.0 (185 votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Queen Bee [Joôbachi]Private detective Kindaichi investigates a series of murders in scenic rural Japan. | 1978 | Kon Ichikawa | Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (129 votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Devil's Island, The [Gokumon To] A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946. | 1977 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (193 votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| 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... | 1977 | Kon Ichikawa | Mystery | 6.8 (314 votes) | 144 | 20221116 |
| 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. | 1976 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 7.1 (821 votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Tsuma to onna no aidaNA | | | | | | 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. | 1975 | Kon Ichikawa | Comedy | 6.7 (200 votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1973 | Kon Ichikawa | Comedy, Drama | 6.7 (134 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| To Love AgainNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Topo Gigio and the Missile WarNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| 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 | 1966 | Kon Ichikawa, Tetsuji Takechi | Animation, Drama | 5.8 (44 votes) | 0 | 20220315 |
| The Money DanceNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| 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. | 1963 | Kon Ichikawa | Adventure | 7.0 (431 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| 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 Yuk | 1963 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama | 7.4 (2.4K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| 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 ye | 1962 | Kon Ichikawa | Comedy, Drama | 6.9 (387 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1962 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama | 6.9 (207 votes) | 119 | 20231120 |
| HakaiNA | | | | | | 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. | 1961 | Kon Ichikawa | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 6.9 (220 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1960 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama | 6.9 (445 votes) | 98 | 20220731 |
| BonchiNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| A Woman's TestamentNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Kankon sosaiNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Kêisatsû-kan to bôryôku-danNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| 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. | 1959 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama, War | 8.0 (4.7K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Odd Obsession [Kagi]A man getting on in years sets out to find a way to resurrect his flagging virility. | 1959 | Kon Ichikawa | Comedy, Drama | 6.9 (834 votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwaNA | | | | | | 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 temp | 1958 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama | 7.1 (804 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Hole, The [Ana; Hole in One]A clever reporter gets involved with a bank embezzlement case. | 1957 | Kon Ichikawa | Comedy, Mystery | 6.9 (43 votes) | 103 | 20230328 |
| The Men of TohokuNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| 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 his | 1957 | Kon Ichikawa | Comedy | 7.1 (74 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1956 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (57 votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1956 | Kon Ichikawa | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.0 (193 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1956 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama, Music, War | 8.1 (5.8K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1955 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama | 7.3 (432 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Ghost Story of Youth [Seishun kaidan]nan | 1955 | Kon Ichikawa | Drama | 6.8 (17 votes) | 114 | 20231001 |
| Twelve Chapters on WomenNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| A BillionaireNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| All of MyselfNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| The LoversNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Youth of Heiji SenigataNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| The Blue RevolutionNA | | | | | | 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... | 1953 | Kon Ichikawa | Comedy, Drama | 6.3 (70 votes) | 98 | 20230328 |
| This Way, That Way [Ano te kono te]nan | 1952 | Kon Ichikawa | Comedy | 7.3 (20 votes) | 92 | 20230424 |
| The Woman Who Touched the LegsNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Forbidden PathNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Mr. LuckyNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| KoibitoNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Nusumareta koiNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Wedding MarchNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| River Solo FlowsNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| The Man Without a NationalityNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| IeraishanNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Ginza SanshiroNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Heat and MudNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Akatsuki no tsuisekiNA | | | | | | 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 t | 1949 | Kon Ichikawa | nan | 5.9 (30 votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Human PatternsNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Passion Without EndNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Sambyakurokujugo ya - Osaka-henNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Sanbyaku rokujû-go ya: Tôkyô-henNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| A Flower BloomsNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Tôhô sen'ichi-yaNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Musume DôjôjiNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Shinsetsu kachikachi yamaNA | | | | | | Not Available |