Movies by Kon Ichikawa
Odd Obsession
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife.
A Girl At Dojo Temple
Ten Dark Women
Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long as she was the only woman in his life.
Being Two Isn't Easy
The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.
Queen Bee
To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all.
Ohan
A story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy.
The Money Dance
Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it endangers his life. A gang hires him for his "forceful personality," and assigns him to kill evil people, a president of a loan company and a drug baron.
Noh Mask Murders
The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson.
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama
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 revenge, and the concert's conductor, the Momotaro-esque Dangonosuke, goes to her rescue.
A Billionaire
An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.
Fusa
Period piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have lost her memory.
Lonely Heart
A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.