Kon Ichikawa — Director (31)
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Queen Bee (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
女王蜂
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Keiko Kishi …
other title: 女王蜂
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.
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47 Ronin (1994) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
四十七人の刺客
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Ken Takakura / Kiichi Nakai …
other title: Les 47 Rōnin / 四十七人の刺客
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
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The Heart (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
こころ
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Masayuki Mori / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: Il cuore / Le Pauvre cœur des hommes …
In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.
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The Burmese Harp (1985) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ビルマの竪琴
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Kiichi Nakai …
other title: ビルマの竪琴
In 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.
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Alone Across the Pacific (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
太平洋ひとりぼっち
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Masayuki Mori …
other title: Seul sur l'océan pacifique / 太平洋ひとりぼっち …
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.
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Dora-heita (2000) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
どら平太
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Yakusho / Yuko Asano …
other title: どら平太 / I Went To
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
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A Woman's Testament (1960) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
女経
director: Kon Ichikawa / Yasuzō Masumura … actor: Ayako Wakao / Hitomi Nozoe …
other title: 女経 / Jokyo …
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male clients to invest in worthless property. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no real financial worries and who falls in love with a forger.