Directed by Kon Ichikawa • 1963 • Japan
A kabuki actor who only plays female characters encounters the three men who drove his parents to suicide and plans his revenge.
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Tokyo Olympiad
Directed by Kon Ichikawa • 1965 • Japan
A spectacle of magnificent proportions and remarkable intimacy, Kon Ichikawa’s TOKYO OLYMPIAD remains one of the greatest films ever made about sports. Supervising a vast team of technicians using scores of cameras, Ichikawa captured the 1964 Summer Games ...
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Visions of Eight
Directed by Miloš Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Yuri Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, and Mai Zetterling • 1973 • United States
In Munich in 1972, eight renowned filmmakers each brought their singular artistry to the spectacle of the Olympic Games, capturing the j...
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The Makioka Sisters
Directed by Kon Ichikawa • 1983 • Japan
Starring Yoshiko Sakuma, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yuko KotegawaThis lyrical adaptation of the beloved novel by Junichiro Tanizaki was a late-career triumph for director Kon Ichikawa. Structured around the changing of the seasons, THE MAKIOKA SISTERS (SASAME-YUKI...
