Ryō Ikebe Movies

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

1962 Japanese movie

It has been 5 years since Eijiro Kikukawa of the Asakusa Kaminarimon family killed the head of the Suzaki family. Finally he gets out of prison and...

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

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

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

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...

Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate companies. A prosecutor who senses a setup...

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

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

1955 Japanese movie

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many...

When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend Ryūtarō to reform it. Facing union...

"My mother is Japanese, a drifting diva of Tokyo" After the death of her father Reika goes to Japan to visit her mother, but can't find her, so she...

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