Kazuo Ikehiro

Σκηνοθέτης

1929-10-25 · 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 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.

• 座頭市千両首 (1964) — Director
• 座頭市あばれ凧 (1964) — Director
• 座頭市海を渡る (1966) — Director
• 忍びの者 続・霧隠才蔵 (1964) — Director
• 眠狂四郎女妖剣 (1964) — Director
• 新書・忍びの者 (1966) — Director
• 眠狂四郎悪女狩り (1969) — Director
• ひとり狼 (1968) — Director
• 無宿人御子神の丈吉 牙は引き裂いた (1972) — Director
• 眠狂四郎 卍斬り (1969) — Director
• 眠狂四郎無頼控 魔性の肌 (1967) — Director
• 秘剣破り (1969) — Director
• 沓掛時次郎 (1961) — Director
• 続やくざ坊主 (1968) — Director
• 無宿人御子神の丈吉 川風に過去は流れた (1972) — Director, Screenplay
• 中山七里 (1962) — Director
• 無宿人御子神の丈吉 黄昏に閃光が飛んだ (1973) — Writer, Director
• ぼんち (1960) — Assistant Director
• 若親分出獄 (1965) — Director
• おんな極悪帖 (1970) — Director
• 雁 (1966) — Director
• 若親分 (1965) — Director
• 終着駅シリーズ38 十月のチューリップ (2022) — Director
• 雑兵物語 (1963) — Director