With November 20th 2015 being the centenary of director Kon Ichikawa's birth, quite a lot of restored Ichikawa films are making the rounds in festivals, TV and Blu-rays.
I just watched the 4K remastered print of "Enjo" AKA "Conflagration", based on the novel "Kinkakuji" by Yukio Mishima, which surprisingly hasn't had a DVD release in the west, will be released on Blu-ray next month in Japan, along with "Ototo" AKA "Brother" and "Yukinojo henge" AKA "An Actor's Revenge".
Kon Ichikawa 4K Remaster BoxThe boxset seems to be in Japanese only without subtitles, and the box exclusively comes with a bonus DVD and bonus CD.
I was also fortunate enough to see the 1970 documentary short by Ichikawa "Japan and the Japanese", which was made for the Osaka Expo, which was screened on 8 screens with 8 projectors running simultaneously showing a collage of Japan, sometimes all 8 screens showing a singular image, or half the screen with one image and half with 4 individual images, and various other combinations. Sadly the soundtrack is lost (who would lose such a thing?).
But in addition, I saw "Yowamushi Chinsengumi", a 1935 animated film which was lost for many years but found 2 years ago in California of all places. This is now the earliest film surviving in Kon Ichikawa's filmography, him being one of the key animators. Thankfully the UCLA restored print looks great.