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Kazuo Ikehiro

Kazuo Ikehiro

Director, 2nd Unit / Asst Director, Writer

Born October 25, 1929 in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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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.

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Filmography

Director

59

Type

Year

Morimura Seiichi no shûchakueki sirîzu 28: Zankokuna Shikai TV Movie2014

Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery 38 TV Movie2003

Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery 40 TV Movie2003

Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery 36 TV Movie2001

Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery 34 TV Movie2000

Kasha: Kâdo hasan no onna! TV Movie1994

Yakuyoke shôbaihanjô satsujin jiken: Asakusa hôzuki-ichi no yoru kara hajimaru kyôfu no rensa! TV Movie1994

Morimura Seiichi no shûchakueki sirîzu 3: Shikeidai no butô TV Movie1992

Jûjiro ni tastu onna TV Movie1991

Make-up Feature Film1984

Kazoku gêmu TV Movie1982

Honô no inu TV Series1981

Lowly Ronin TV Movie1981

Edo no Kiba TV Series1979

Monkey TV Series1978

Edogawa Ranpo no Bijo TV Series1977

Seishi Yokomizo Poster

Seishi Yokomizo TV Series1977

Amigasa Jûbei TV Series1974

Slaughter in the Snow Poster

Slaughter in the Snow Feature Film1973

Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Kawakaze ni kako wa nagareta Poster

Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Kawakaze ni kako wa nagareta Feature Film1972

Trail of Blood Poster

Trail of Blood Feature Film1972

Kataashi no êsu Poster

Kataashi no êsu Feature Film1971

Live My Share, Mother Feature Film1970

Naked Ambition Poster

Naked Ambition Feature Film1970

Ôedo sôsamô Poster

Ôedo sôsamô TV Series1970

Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life Poster

Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life Feature Film1970

Fylfot Swordplay Poster

Fylfot Swordplay Feature Film1969

Hiken yaburi Poster

Hiken yaburi Feature Film1969

Kill the Killers Feature Film1969

Prison Break Poster

Prison Break Feature Film1969

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie Poster

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie Feature Film1969

Lone Wolf Isazo Poster

Lone Wolf Isazo Feature Film1968

Priest and the Gold Mint Poster

Priest and the Gold Mint Feature Film1968

The Daring Nun Poster

The Daring Nun Feature Film1968

Escape Man Poster

Escape Man Feature Film1967

Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps Poster

Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps Feature Film1967

Young Boss: Leader's Flesh Poster

Young Boss: Leader's Flesh Feature Film1967

Dorobo banzuke Poster

Dorobo banzuke Feature Film1966

Gan Feature Film1966

Shinsho: shinobi no mono Poster

Shinsho: shinobi no mono Feature Film1966

Young Boss: Invitation to Fight Poster

Young Boss: Invitation to Fight Feature Film1966

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage Poster

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage Feature Film1966

Young Boss Poster

Young Boss Feature Film1965

Young Boss: Prison Release Poster

Young Boss: Prison Release Feature Film1965

Nemuri Kyôshirô: Joyôken Poster

Nemuri Kyôshirô: Joyôken Feature Film1964

Shinobi no mono: Zoku Kirigakure Saizô Poster

Shinobi no mono: Zoku Kirigakure Saizô Feature Film1964

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold Poster

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold Feature Film1964

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword Poster

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword Feature Film1964

A Life of Bad Temper Poster

A Life of Bad Temper Feature Film1963

Cut the Shadow Poster

Cut the Shadow Feature Film1963

Zahyo monogatari Poster

Zahyo monogatari Feature Film1963

Hell's Assassin Poster

Hell's Assassin Feature Film1962

Nakayama shichiri Poster

Nakayama shichiri Feature Film1962

Hana no kyôdai Poster

Hana no kyôdai Feature Film1961

Kodachi o tsukau onna Feature Film1961

Tenka ayatsuri-gumi Feature Film1961

The Gambler's Code Poster

The Gambler's Code Feature Film1961

The Phantom Samurai Poster

The Phantom Samurai Feature Film1961

Bara daimyo Poster

Bara daimyo Feature Film1960

2nd Unit / Asst Director

2

The Princess Says No Poster

The Princess Says No Feature Film1959

Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin Feature Film1956

Writer

1

Slaughter in the Snow Poster

Slaughter in the Snow Feature Film1973

Other Crew

1

An Actor's Revenge Poster

An Actor's Revenge Feature Film1963

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