Last month, the Gifu-based Italian film critic Matteo Boscarol put out a call for critics and fans of Japanese documentaries to put tog...

Shunji Iwai’s 2006 documentary The Kon Ichikawa Story ( Ichikawa Kon Monogatari ) arrived in the post yesterday afternoon. As connoisseur...

Natto Wada (和田 夏十, 1920-1983) was the wife of renowned film director Kon Ichikawa (市川 崑, 1915-2008). During the early years of their marr...

Kon Ichikawa (市川 崑, 1915-2008) had a long and varied career, attaining great acclaim as the director of such classics as The Burmese Ha...