Ryō Ikebe Movies

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

A dramatization of veteran actor Ryo Ikebe's essay of the same name about his parents' eccentric marriage.

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by...

1962 Japanese movie

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a...

This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series

Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at...

Out of the blue, a bourgeois family on the Sea of Japan finds an unconscious woman on the beach and decides to let her board.

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an...

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

After being bailed out of trouble by a member of the Kaijima Clan, Ryuhei dedicates himself to saving the Kajima’s lucrative lumber business.