Kazuo Ikehiro
Born: 1929-10-25 in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2022
- Tulips in October ... (Director)
2021
2019
- Koya no Shomei ... (Director)
2017
- Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Last Family ... (Director)
2016
- Murder Credit - Final Destination Series ... (Director)
- Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors ... (Director)
2015
- Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill ... (Director)
2008
2001
- Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment ... (Director)
1997
- Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief ... (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)
1980
- 黄金の犬 ... (Director)
1978
- Monkey ... (Director)
1973
- Slaughter in the Snow ... (Director)
1972
- The Trail of Blood ... (Director)
- Kogarashi Monjiro ... (Director)
- The Fearless Avenger ... (Director)
1971
- Kataashi no ēsu ... (Director)
1970
- Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life ... (Director)
- Naked Ambition ... (Director)
- Live My Share, Mother ... (Director)
1969
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay ... (Director)
- Prison Break ... (Director)
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie ... (Director)
- Broken Swords ... (Director)
1968
- Lone Wolf Isazo ... (Director)
- The Daring Nun ... (Director)
- Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint ... (Director)
1967
- Young Boss: Leader's Flesh ... (Director)
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps ... (Director)
- Escape Man ... (Director)
1966
- Zatoichi's Pilgrimage ... (Director)
- Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies ... (Director)
- The Thieves' Who's Who ... (Director)
- Young Boss: Invitation to Fight ... (Director)
- Wild Geese ... (Director)
1965
- Young Boss ... (Director)
- Young Boss: Prison Release ... (Director)
1964
- Zatoichi's Flashing Sword ... (Director)
- Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold ... (Director)
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction ... (Director)
- Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo ... (Director)
1963
- Cut the Shadow ... (Director)
- Rabble Tactics ... (Director)
1962
- Seven Miles to Nakayama ... (Director)
- Hell's Assassin ... (Director)
1961
- The Gambler's Code ... (Director)
- The Phantom Samurai ... (Director)
- Flowers of Chivalry ... (Director)
1960
- Bonchi ... (Assistant Director)
- Bara daimyo ... (Director)
1958
- Bakeneko Goyōda ... (Assistant Director)
1956
- Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin ... (Assistant Director)