Ryō Ikebe Movies

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...

The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.

A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history...

Legendary detective returns.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife is being unfaithful to him. He contrives his...

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young...

Period romantic drama.

The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.

Story of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end of the War.

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

Part one of The Masterless 47.

Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.

Japanese crime film

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...

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their daughter during World War II, returns and falls...