Kazuo Ikehiro
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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Movies (57)
Tulips in October
2022 · Director
Seiichi Morimura Mystery Special Shuchuchueki Series 37 No Retirement Age
2021 · Director
Koya no Shomei
2019 · Director
Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Last Family
2017 · Director
Murder Credit - Final Destination Series
2016 · Director
Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors
2016 · Director
Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill
2015 · Director
Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station
2008 · Director
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
2001 · Director
Castle of Sand
1991 · Director
The Mysterious Lightning Beauty
1990 · Director
The Beauty with the Enchanting Melody
1986 · Director
Make-Up
1984 · Director
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1983 · Director
Goyou Sen Enjou
1982 · Director
Lowly Ronin
1981 · Director
Slaughter in the Snow
1973 · Director, Writer
The Fearless Avenger
1972 · Director, Screenplay
The Trail of Blood
1972 · Director
Kataashi no ēsu
1971 · Director
Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
1970 · Director
Live My Share, Mother
1970 · Director
Naked Ambition
1970 · Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
1969 · Director
Prison Break
1969 · Director
Broken Swords
1969 · Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
1969 · Director
Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
1968 · Director
The Daring Nun
1968 · Director
Lone Wolf Isazo
1968 · Director
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967 · Director
Escape Man
1967 · Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967 · Director
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966 · Director
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966 · Director
Wild Geese
1966 · Director
The Thieves' Who's Who
1966 · Director
Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966 · Director
Young Boss: Prison Release
1965 · Director
Young Boss
1965 · Director
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964 · Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964 · Director
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964 · Director
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
1964 · Director
Rabble Tactics
1963 · Director
Cut the Shadow
1963 · Director
Hell's Assassin
1962 · Director
Seven Miles to Nakayama
1962 · Director
Flowers of Chivalry
1961 · Director
The Phantom Samurai
1961 · Director
Kodachi o tsukau onna
1961 · Director
The Gambler's Code
1961 · Director
Tenka ayatsuri-gumi
1961 · Director
Bara daimyo
1960 · Director
Bonchi
1960 · Assistant Director
Bakeneko Goyōda
1958 · Assistant Director
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1956 · Assistant Director
