As Director
Tulips in October
2022
6.0
Kazuo Ikehiro
Directing
Birth date
October 25, 1929
Birth place
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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 the series into the surreal and stylistically outrageous extremes that made the Son of the Black Mass so legendary.
Featured in
As Director, As Writer
Slaughter in the Snow
1973
6.0
As Director, As Writer
The Fearless Avenger
1972
6.8
As Director
The Trail of Blood
1972
6.3
As Director
Naked Ambition
1970
7.0
As Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
1969
5.4
As Director
Prison Break
1969
7.0
As Director
Broken Swords
1969
7.7
As Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
1969
5.4
As Director
Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
1968
5.7
As Director
Lone Wolf Isazo
1968
6.8
As Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967
6.0
As Director
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966
6.3
As Director
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
7.1
As Director
The Thieves' Who's Who
1966
7.0
As Director
Young Boss: Prison Release
1965
3.8
As Director
Young Boss
1965
7.0
As Director
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964
6.6
As Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
5.5
As Director
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964
6.8