Kon Ichikawa — Playwright (21)
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The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
足にさわった女 IMDb TMDB
Kon Ichikawa actor: Fubuki Koshiji / Ryō Ikebe …
other title: 足にさわった女
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 she is going to hold a memorial service for her father. Of course, the detective falls in love with his prey.
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This Way, That Way (1952)
あの手この手 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kon Ichikawa actor: Yoshiko Kuga / Masayuki Mori …
other title: あの手この手
An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly to stay with them. Their mundane lives are sent into disarray by the emotional and energetic Ako.
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The Money Dance (1964)
ど根性物語　銭の踊り WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kon Ichikawa actor: Shintarō Katsu / Eiji Funakoshi …
other title: ど根性物語　銭の踊り
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.
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Goodbye, Hello (1959)
あなたと私の合言葉 さようなら、今日は IMDb TMDB
Kon Ichikawa actor: Ayako Wakao / Shin Saburi …
other title: あなたと私の合言葉 さようなら、今日は
Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in life and are not ready for marriage. Their families think differently and strive to arrange their personal happiness.
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Bonchi (1960)
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Kon Ichikawa actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Ayako Wakao …
other title: ぼんち
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the house for producing a son. Driven to a life of dissipation - his mistresses also fail to produce daughters - in the end he is just too tired to care.
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Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006)
犬神家の一族 IMDb TMDB
Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Nanako Matsushima …
other title: La familia Inugami / 犬神家の一族
Inugami Sahei, who built up the wealth of the Inugami Clan, passes away, leaving a will with Furudate, his legal adviser, for his daughters Matsuko, Takeko and Umeko, all of whom have different mothers, and for their sons, as well as for Nonomiya Tamayo, the granddaughter of a person to whom Sahei feels heavily indebted. The will states that all his assets are inherited by Tamayo alone, on the condition that she marries one of the sons of the daughters. Furudate's assistant learns the content of the will, and seeks advice from Kindaichi Kosuke, a private detective, as he senses the air of unease. Shortly afterwards, murders start to occur one after another in the clan.
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Queen Bee (1978)
女王蜂 IMDb TMDB
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)
四十七人の刺客 WikiData IMDb TMDB
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 Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)
足にさわった女 IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Yasuzō Masumura actor: Machiko Kyō / Hajime Hana …
other title: 足にさわった女 / 碰脚的女人 …
Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story about her parents who killed himself and died for overwork to feel sorry about her.
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Dora-heita (2000)
どら平太 WikiData IMDb TMDB
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.