Ryō Ikebe Movies

Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a university professor, collapsed. Michihara, a...

Period romantic drama.

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

Japanese mystery thriller.

1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie

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

Japanese crime film

The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following the death of her fiancé.

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

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

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

Keiko, Kirie, and Toshi, a trio of close friends, go their separate ways after graduation, vowing to hold a “New Wives’ Meeting”...

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

Crime melodrama about two detectives (Ikebe and Arashima) and one detective's trumpet-playing son (Sato) who become involved in a complex murder...

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.

Japanese noir.

Romantic melodrama about the loves and adventures of Kageyama (Takarada) and his fellow oarsmen at Meikyo University.