Ryō Ikebe
Birthday: 1918-02-11
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Biography: Ryō Ikebe (11 February 1918 - 8 October 2010) was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a screenwriter, but ended up debuting as an actor at Tōhō in 1941. He did not achieve popularity until starring in a series of youth films in the late 1940s. He expanded his acting range in the 1950s, while still frequently appearing in genre films, such as Tōhō tokusatsu films and yakuza films at Tōei. He was also known as an essayist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryō Ikebe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to ...
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Wild Spirit
It has been 5 years since Eijiro Kikukawa of the Asakusa Kaminarimon family killed the head of the S...
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Early Spring
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship...
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three ...
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Pale Flower
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gan...
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Chûshingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c...
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Battle in Outer Space
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on...
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Gorath
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although...
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Manhunt
A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted...
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The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
When both a priceless jewel and the daughter of a rich heiress are stolen by a master criminal, Koga...
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Yaji and Kita on the Road
Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious ...
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The Blue Mountains: Part I
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a s...
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Station
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering po...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction busi...
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny
Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slash...
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discov...
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Before Spring
Out of the blue, a bourgeois family on the Sea of Japan finds an unconscious woman on the beach and ...
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Green Earth
Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation wi...
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Four Love Stories
Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars....
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The Legend of the White Serpent
Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in lov...
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Evening Calm
A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on he...
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The War in Space
The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds th...
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Modern People
A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company...
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Holiday in Tokyo
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, s...
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Sky Scraper!
A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan....
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Pursuit At Dawn
This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51)...
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The Executioner
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hay...
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Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their...
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Someday, Somewhere
Ken's older sister Yoko, who has raised Ken like a mother, decides to move to Brazil with an older m...
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Ka...
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The Battle of Okinawa
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imp...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty....
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Lost in the Wilderness
The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the ...
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dre...
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Human Torpedoes
Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of th...
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The Vampire Moth
The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask....
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Apostasy
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visit...
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Beyond the Hills
Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts....
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Tokyo Profile
A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old gir...
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The End of the Night
Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a b...
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Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplom...
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Army Intelligence
Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then ...
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Street of Violence
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chie...
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Father of the Kamikaze
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to reali...
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6
This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series....
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Man Against Man
Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of...
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Beyond Love and Hate
A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife...
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The Blue Mountains: Part II
Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later....
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Farewell Rabaul
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they und...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf
The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time le...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor...
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Snow Country
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He con...
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Gambler's Legacy
A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mit...
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The Blue Pearl
The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; liter...
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Winter's Flower
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year...
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Choji Snack Bar
Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and se...
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Beast Alley
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns...
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Structure of Hate
Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over ...
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Showdown of Men 3
After being bailed out of trouble by a member of the Kaijima Clan, Ryuhei dedicates himself to savin...
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Nerves for Victory
A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading ...
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A Modern Yakuza: Humanity and Justice of the Outlaw
Back after four years, Goro learns his younger brother's been thrown out of the gang and his girlfri...
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The Storm of the Pacific
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanes...
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The Radish and the Carrot
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company ...
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A Ripple in a Morning
Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in pos...
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The Woman Who Touched the Legs
A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her fr...
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The Lone Journey
Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie p...
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Ana
A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate...
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Three Gamblers
Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio en...
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Escape at Dawn
Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated wi...
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The White Orchid
A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo...
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君死に給うことなかれ
Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman a...
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Pilgrimage at Night
Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-lengt...
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The Yoshida School
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting...
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Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss
Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when his...
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Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Ikeuchi was captain of the K - University ice hockey team. The daughter Shikotsuko of Ginza 's weste...
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The Beloved Image
A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son....
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The Wind Blows Twice
Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a ...
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Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was over...
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War and Peace
A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns....
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Sky of Hope
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited marr...
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Koi no rantō
"My mother is Japanese, a drifting diva of Tokyo" After the death of her father Reika goes to Japa...
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Flakes of Snow
A troubled architect weaves his way through numerous romantic situations in a search for true love a...
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偽りの花嫁
A young wife is frightened that her husband and her father's second wife may be in cahoots with each...
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Umi e, See You
Team DANKAI are set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousan...
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Executive Chair
In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip...
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All of Myself
The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following th...
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Bride in a Bathing Suit
Katsuko, daughter of a prestigious inn owner, is urged into an arranged marriage with Keisuke, the n...
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Wife and the Female Reporter: A Crisis of Young Love
Even a peaceful married life has its dissatisfactions. Then a female reporter appears, and love take...
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A Strong Wind Blows
When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend...
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Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend...
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The Decoy
Thriller about three escaped convicts, one of whom (Sato), plans to murder the wife of a detective (...
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The Singing Tireless Town
Backstage friendships and rivalries flare as dancers Akiko and Haruko compete for roles, clash with ...
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The College Hero
Romantic melodrama about the loves and adventures of Kageyama (Takarada) and his fellow oarsmen at M...
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