Portrait of Ryō Ikebe

Ryō Ikebe

Acting

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.

Born: February 11, 1918

Place of Birth: Omori, Tokyo, Japan

Filmography

1988
The Blue Mountains '88

as Zenbei Terazawa

1988
Umi e, See You

as Nakazawa

1984
The Audition

as Shozo Godai

1984
Ana

as Genji Tagawa

1983
1983
The Yoshida School

as Taketora Ogata

1981
Station

as Chief Nakagawa

1980
Before Spring

as Riichiro Ujima

1978
Tarao Bannai

as Nobuyuki Kinomata

1977
The War in Space

as Professor Masato Takigawa

1976
Manhunt

as Ito

1974
The Executioner

as Arashiyama

1971
The Battle of Okinawa

as Rear Admiral Ota

1971
1969
Gambler's Legacy

as Maruoka Yusuke / Orochimaru

1967
Wild Spirit

as Kyohei Shigemasa

1967
Three Gamblers

as Kunitaro Nagano

1965
Brutal Tales of Chivalry

as Jukichi Kazama

1965
Beast Alley

as Shôjirô Kotaki

1964
Pale Flower

as Muraki

1962
Chûshingura

as Chikara Tsuchiya

1962
Gorath

as Dr. Tazawa

1961
1960
The Masterless 47

as Takuni Asano

1960
Man Against Man

as Kikumori

1959
Battle in Outer Space

as Major Ichiro Katsumiya

1959
Echo Mountain

as Seizo Nabayama

1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road

as Ryônosuke Taya

1958
Executive Chair

as Saburo Funada

1957
Snow Country

as Shimamura

1956
A Strong Wind Blows

as Ryūtarō Nagumo

1956
1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

as Executive Director Igawa

1956
The Vampire Moth

as Kosuke Kindaichi

1956
Early Spring

as Shôji Sugiyama

1955
The Lone Journey

as Naojiro Mikazuki

1955
Lovetide

as Rikiya Kizu

1954
Bride in a Bathing Suit

as Keisuke Nakagawa

1954
All of Myself

as Sekisaburo

1954
Farewell Rabaul

as Captain Wakabayashi

1953
Tokyo Profile

as Ueda [sandwich man]

1953
Bot-chan

as Botchan

1952
A Ripple in a Morning

as Niheita Inoda

1952
The Wind Blows Twice

as Takashi Miyashita

1951
Bengawan Solo

as Corporal Fukami

1951
The Blue Pearl

as Nishida

1951
Koibito

as Seiichi Endo

1951
Beyond Love and Hate

as Koji Kitahara

1950
Duel in the Sun

as Goichi Murashima

1950
Four Seasons of Women

as Meiichi Mizushima

1950
1950
1949
Rinchi

as Nobuo

1949
The Blue Mountains: Part II

as Rokusuke Kaneya

1949
The Blue Mountains: Part I

as Rokusuke Kaneya

1948
Apostasy

as Segawa

1942
Sky of Hope

as Tsutomu