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Kazuo Ikehiro

Kazuo Ikehiro

Personal Info

Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-10-25 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuo Ikehiro

Biography

Kazuo Ikehiro got his start as an assistant working for directors like Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa. He always had a strong preference for working in jidai-geki and says that he only did a number of modern-day yakuza films because of studio demands. Ikehiro developed a gritty, unconventional style that made him an excellent match for Zatoichi and the antihero screen personae of Raizo Ichikawa.

Possibly his greatest achievement came with Raizo, when he played an instrumental part in the Nemuri Kyoshiro series. The first three movies had been fairly straightforward chambara adventures, but with 1964's Sword of Seduction, Ikehiro steered the series into the surreal and stylistically outrageous extremes that made the Son of the Black Mass so legendary.

Known For

Crew

(2022)
Tulips in October
Director
(2021)
Seiichi Morimura Mystery Special Shuchuchueki Series 37 No Retirement Age
Director
(2019)
Koya no Shomei
Director
(2017)
Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Last Family
Director
(2016)
Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors
Director
(2016)
Murder Credit - Final Destination Series
Director
(2015)
Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill
Director
(2008)
Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station
Director
(2001)
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
Director
(1991)
Castle of Sand
Director
(1984)
Make-Up
Director
(1983)
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
Director
(1982)
Goyou Sen Enjou
Director
(1981)
Lowly Ronin
Director
(1973)
Slaughter in the Snow
Writer, Director
(1972)
The Trail of Blood
Director
(1972)
The Fearless Avenger
Director, Screenplay
(1971)
Kataashi no ēsu
Director
(1970)
Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
Director
(1970)
Live My Share, Mother
Director
(1970)
Naked Ambition
Director
(1969)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
Director
(1969)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
Director
(1969)
Broken Swords
Director
(1969)
Prison Break
Director
(1968)
The Daring Nun
Director
(1968)
Lone Wolf Isazo
Director
(1968)
Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
Director
(1967)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
Director
(1967)
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
Director
(1966)
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Director
(1966)
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
Director
(1966)
Wild Geese
Director
(1966)
Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
Director
(1966)
The Thieves' Who's Who
Director
(1965)
Young Boss
Director
(1965)
Young Boss: Prison Release
Director
(1964)
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Director
(1964)
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
Director
(1964)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
Director
(1964)
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
Director
(1963)
Cut the Shadow
Director
(1963)
Rabble Tactics
Director
(1962)
Hell's Assassin
Director
(1962)
Seven Miles to Nakayama
Director
(1961)
The Gambler's Code
Director
(1961)
Flowers of Chivalry
Director
(1961)
The Phantom Samurai
Director
(1960)
Bonchi
Assistant Director
(1960)
Bara daimyo
Director
(1958)
Bakeneko Goyōda
Assistant Director
(1956)
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
Assistant Director