Ryō Ikebe


Ryō Ikebe was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a director, 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. One key role of his was in the 1964 film noir Pale Flower. Apparently, he was cast by Masahiro Shinoda despite saying that he was a "ham actor". Shinoda stated that he cast him because of his sleek features present in films such as Early Spring and wanted to feel the "quality of a man down on his luck.". He was also known as an essayist. On 8 October 2010, he died of blood poisoning. He was 92 years old.

Selected filmography

Film

The Sky of Hope - TsutomuMidori no daichi - Kome YanYottsu no koi no monogatari - Masao War and Peace Haru no kyôen - Sampei HayasakaAi yo hoshi to tomo ni Sono yo no boken Hakai - SegawaNiizuma kaigi Koi no jusan yoru Shin'ya no kokuhaku - Newspaper Reporter Moriguchi ShigeyaAoi sanmyaku - Rokusuke KaneyaZoku aoi sanmyaku - Rokusuke KaneyaKikoku Rinchi - Nobuo SugawaraEscape at Dawn - MikamiConduct Report on Professor Ishinaka Bōryoku no Machi Onna no shiki Tsuma to onna kisha: Wakai ai no kiki - Ryôhei KajimotoYama no kanata ni - Dai ichi-bu: Ringo no hoo Yama no kanata ni - Dai ni-bu: Sakana no seppun Akatsuki no tsuiseki Yama no kanata ni - Dai ichi-bu: Ringo no hoo: Dai ni-bu: Sakana no seppun - Sôshûhen Ai to nikushimi no kanata e Takarazuka fujin Wakai musumetachi - KawasakiNessa no byaku ran Hakamadare Yasusuke Aoi shinju Wakôdo no uta Bungawan soro Onnagokoro dare ka shiru Koi no rantô Koibito Kaze futatabi Asa no hamon - Niheita InobeKin no tamago: Golden girl Wakai hito Gendai-jin Ashi ni sawatta onna - GoheiOka wa hanazakari - Masaya NozakiYoru no owari - Shinji KizakiTokai no yokogao - Ueda Ashita wa dotchi da - SaniwaBotchan - BotchanBochan Chi no hate made Onna gokoro wa hitosuji ni - GintarôFarewell Rabaul - Captain WakabayashiKaze tachinu - Eyoichi FukuyamaGeisha Konatsu - KuboWatashi no subete o - Saburo SekiKimi shinitamo koto nakare Ani-san no aijô Koi-gesho - Rikiya KizuOwarai torimonocho-hatchan hatsutegara Fumetsu no nekkyû Sanjusan go sha otonashi The Lone Journey - Naojiro MikazukiRangiku monogatari Early Spring - Shôji SugiyamaVampire Moth - Kindaichi KōsukeKon'yaku sanbagarasu Gendai no yokubô - Hiroshi TanigawaThe Legend of the White Serpent - Xu XianKojinbutu no fufu Ani to sono musume - Kaisuke MamiyaBôkyaku no hanabira Snow Country - ShimamuraBôkyaku no hanabira: Kanketsuhen Yuunagi - Kosuke IgawaDatsugokushû Shizukanaru otoko Ankoru watto monogatari utsukushiki aishu - Shun'ichi KawaiA Holiday in Tokyo - SenpaiYajikata dôchû sugoroku - Ryônosuke TayaDaigaku no ninkimono - Coach UranoJinsei gekijô - Seishun hen Kodama wa yonde iru - Seizô NabayamaTegami o kakeru Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender Anyakôro - Kensaku TokitoOneechan makari tôru Battle in Outer Space - Maj. Ichiro KatsumiyaKêisatsû-kan to bôryôku-dan Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi Man Against Man - KikumoriSararîman Chûshingura - Takuni AsanoJiyûgaoka fujin Toiretto shacho Toilet buchô - Noboru KasajimaKuroi gashû dainibu: Kanryû Kaei Gorath - Dr. Tazawa - AstrophysicistIka naru hoshi no moto ni - KurahashiChūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki - Chikara TsuchiyaAttack Squadron! Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei Pale Flower - MurakiHaigo no hito - Yoshio ShidoDaikon to ninjin - KotakiOshaberi na shinju Kemonomichi - Shôjirô KotakiShôwa zankyô-den - KazamaShôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi botan Showa zankyo-den: Ippiki okami Otoko dokyô de shobû Shôwa zankyô-den: Chizome no karajishi - Jûkichi KazamaZankyô Abarehada - Kyohei ShigemasaSan-nin no bakuto Otoko no shobu: kantô arashî Moeru kumo Ah kaiten tokubetsu kogetikai Rikugun chôhô 33 - Suharut DananGokuchu no kaoyaku Ah, yokaren - Staff Officer MatsumotoShôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi jingi Chôkôsô no akebono Gendai yakuza: Yotamono jingi - Goro's elder brotherTosei-nin Retsuden Shushô jingi: O-inochi chôdai Showa zankyo-den: Hito-kiri karajishi Shôwa zankyô-den: Shinde moraimasu Nihon boryoku-dan: kumicho kuzure Battle of Okinawa Showa zankyo-den: hoero karajishi Showa zankyo-den: Yabure-gasa Hikage-mono Bokyo Komori-uta Chokugeki! Jigoku-ken - ArashiyamaChokugeki jigoku-ken: Dai-gyakuten - Arashiyama kessen kôkûtai Saikai Hi no ataru sakamichi Kimi yo fundo no kawa wo watare - ItoThe War in Space - Professor TakigawaTarao Bannai - Nobuyuki KinomataKaichô-on - Riichiro UjimaStation - Chief NakagawaShōsetsu Yoshida gakkō - Taketora OgataIzakaya Chôji - HorieThe Audition - Shozo godaiMishima: A Life in Four Chapters - Interrogator Hitohira no yuki Lost in the Wilderness - SanadaUmi e, See You - NakazawaAoi sanmyaku '88 - Zenbei Terazawa

Television dramas