Kazuo Ikehiro
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-10-25 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Also known As
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Kazuo Ikehiro
Biography
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 th...
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1972
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1964
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1964
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1972
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1964
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1964
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1967
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1968
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1973
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1973
as Writer
1981
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1965
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1963
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1969
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1969
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1960
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1961
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1970
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1982
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1970
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1962
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2022
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1968
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1966
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1991
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1972
as Screenplay
1969
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1962
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1965
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2015
2016
1971
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1968
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2016
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1969
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1970
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1963
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2001
1966
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2017
1984
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1956
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1966
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1960
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1961
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1961
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1967
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1966
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2019
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1983
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1958
as Assistant Director
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