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7.3

♡ 9

95%

82%

Kon Ichikawa Director

Eiji Funakoshi as Heima Kadokura

Eijirô Yanagi as Hiromi-ya

Raizô Ichikawa as Hirutaro

Ayako Wakao as Namiji

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

Hi no tori

1978

6.0

♡ 4

Kon Ichikawa Director

Takeshi Katô as Kamamushi

Jun Fubuki as Oro

Mieko Takamine as Queen Himiko of Yamatai

Tomisaburô Wakayama as Sarutahaiko, General of the Yamatai

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 Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.

Bonchi

1960

6.8

♡ 4

Comedy

Kon Ichikawa Director

Eiji Funakoshi as Kihei

Raizô Ichikawa as Kikuji

Ayako Wakao as Ponta

Isuzu Yamada as Sei

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.

365 Nights

1949

6.1

♡ 2

Kon Ichikawa Director

Hideko Takamine as

Hisako Yamane as

Yûji Hori as

Ken Uehara as

A 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 to marry Ranko so that she may help his company by granting 1.5 million yen. Teruko decides to borrow money from a greedy bar owner who lends her money on certain conditions and photographs her without her consent. A love traingle forms between Koroku, Ranko, and Teruko. Things complicate when Koroku marries Teruko and Tsugawa threatens them for the money causing many twists and turns.

The Inugami Family

1976

7.1

♡ 9

Kon Ichikawa Director

Mieko Takamine as Matsuko Inugami

Rentarô Mikuni as Sahei Inugami

Takeshi Katô as Tachibana - Police Chief

Yôko Shimada as Tamayo Nonomiya

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.

Genji monogatari

1966

6.0

♡ 4

Kon Ichikawa Director

Izumi Ashikawa as

Ruriko Asaoka as

Kotobuki Hananomoto as

Chôjûrô Hanakawa as

An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, 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 object of desire he must never obtain: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of completion to his life.

The House of Hanging

1979

6.1

♡ 4

Mystery

Thriller

Kon Ichikawa Director

Masao Kusakari as

Takako Irie as Chizuru

Takeshi Katô as Todoroki

Yoshiko Sakuma as Yayoi

This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.

The Outcast

1962

6.9

♡ 3

95%

buraku discrimination

Kon Ichikawa Director

Eiji Funakoshi as Keinoshin Kazama

Shiho Fujimura as Oshiho

Rentarô Mikuni as Rentaro Inoko

Raizô Ichikawa as Ushimatsu Segawa

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such discrimination.

The Wanderers

1973

6.5

♡ 7

Kon Ichikawa Director

Tadao Futami as Bangame

Ichirô Ogura as Genta

Yoshi Katô as Masaku Matasaku

Isao Bitô as Shuita

Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls. Though they use the servants' entrance, they still feel themselves bound by the samurai code of Bushido; and this tension leads to tragedy.

Princess from the Moon

1987

6.3

♡ 4

73%

Kon Ichikawa Director

Takeshi Katô as Fujiwara-no-Okuni

Fujio Tokita as Shonin-no-Uda

Toshirô Mifune as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko

Ayako Wakao as Tayoshime

Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.

Akuma no temari-uta

1977

6.8

♡ 6

Kon Ichikawa Director

Misako Watanabe as Harue Bessho - Chie's Mother

Tomisaburô Wakayama as Inspector Isokawa

Takeshi Katô as Inspector Tachibana

Fujio Tokita as Tatsuzô - Harue's Elder Brother

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 order to reveal who the murderer is.

Alone on the Pacific

1963

7.0

♡ 4

based on memoir or autobiography

Adventure

Kon Ichikawa Director

Kôichi Uenoyama as

Sanpei Mine as

Masayuki Mori as Youth's Father

Ruriko Asaoka as Youth's Sister

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.

47 Ronin

1994

6.4

♡ 9

Kon Ichikawa Director

Misa Shimizu as Hori

Rie Miyazawa as Karu

Hitomi Kuroki as Kiyo

Ken Takakura as Kuranosuke Ôishi

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.

Murder of the Inugami Clan

2006

6.2

♡ 4

Kon Ichikawa Director

Kyoko Fukada as Haru

Shingo Katsurayama as Suketake Inugami

Keiko Matsuzaka as Takeko Inugami

Nanako Matsushima as Tamayo Nonomiya

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.

The 8-Tomb Village

1996

6.1

♡ 3

Mystery

Kon Ichikawa Director

Takeshi Katô as Detective Todoroki

Hideko Yoshida as Hide

Yûko Asano as Miyako Mori

Renji Ishibashi as Priest

A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later.

I Am a Cat

1975

6.5

♡ 4

Kon Ichikawa Director

Eiji Okada as Bunmei

Tatsuya Nakadai as Kushami

Mako Midori as Teacher of Koto

Yôko Shimada as Yukie

Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, and frequent visits from layabout friends. And the grey-furred, green-eyed cat!

Mr. Pu

1953

6.4

♡ 3

Comedy

Kon Ichikawa Director

Kamatari Fujiwara as

Ichirô Sugai as

Fuyuki Murakami as

Eiko Miyoshi as

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

Bridge of Japan

1956

6.7

♡ 4