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Kazuo Ikehiro
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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…
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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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2022
Tulips in October
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- 2021
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2019
Koya no Shomei
Movie Director
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2017
Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Last Family
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2016
Murder Credit - Final Destination Series
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2016
Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors
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2015
Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill
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- 2008
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2001
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
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1997
Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief
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1991
Castle of Sand
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1990
終着駅シリーズ
TV show Creator
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1990
The Mysterious Lightning Beauty
Movie Director
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1990
The Great White Tower
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1986
The Beauty with the Enchanting Melody
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1984
Make-Up
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1983
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
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1982
Goyou Sen Enjou
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1981
Lowly Ronin
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1980
Goro Dog
TV show Director
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1978
Monkey
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1973
Slaughter in the Snow
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1972
The Fearless Avenger
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1972
The Trail of Blood
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1972
Kogarashi Monjiro
TV show Director
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1971
Kataashi no ēsu
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1970
Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
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1970
Live My Share, Mother
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1970
Naked Ambition
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1969
Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
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1969
Prison Break
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1969
Broken Swords
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1969
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
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1968
Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
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1968
The Daring Nun
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1968
Lone Wolf Isazo
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1967
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
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1967
Escape Man
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1967
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
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1966
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
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