Ryō Ikebe Movies

A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.

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

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

1955 Japanese movie

A young wife is frightened that her husband and her father's second wife may be in cahoots with each other and are after her fortune. And then,...

Period romantic drama.

A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.

Japanese crime film

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young...

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

Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a university professor, collapsed. Michihara, a...

Katsuko, daughter of a prestigious inn owner, is urged into an arranged marriage with Keisuke, the nephew of a powerful businessman. She refuses,...

Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his...

Ken's older sister Yoko, who has raised Ken like a mother, decides to move to Brazil with an older man.

1960 Japanese movie

Even a peaceful married life has its dissatisfactions. Then a female reporter appears, and love takes a complicated turn!