Actor
Ryō Ikebe
February 11, 1918
Ryō Ikebe (11 February 1918 - 8 October 2010) was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a screenwriter, but ended up debuting as an actor at Tōhō in 1941. He did not achieve popularity until starring in a series of youth films in the late 1940s. He expanded his acting range in the 1950s, while still frequently appearing in genre films, such as Tōhō tokusatsu films and yakuza films at Tōei. He was also known as an essayist.
Notable work
Often works with
Eijirō Tōno
4 titles together
Pale Flower, Early Spring, The Battle of Okinawa
Haruo Tanaka
4 titles together
Early Spring, Snow Country, Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Makoto Satō
4 titles together
Chûshingura, The Executioner, The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Akihiko Hirata
4 titles together
Gorath, The War in Space, Station
Ken Takakura
4 titles together
Manhunt, Station, Brutal Tales of Chivalry
Kunie Tanaka
4 titles together
Manhunt, Station, The Battle of Okinawa
Full filmography · 150
The Blue Mountains '88
as Zenbei Terazawa
1988
Umi e, See You
as Nakazawa
1988
Lost in the Wilderness
as Sanada
1986
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as Interrogator
19857.8
Flakes of Snow
cast
1985
The Audition
as Shozo Godai
1984
Ana
as Genji Tagawa
1984
Choji Snack Bar
as Horie
1983
Attack of the Galactic Monsters
as (uncredited/stock footage)
1983
The Yoshida School
as Taketora Ogata
1983
Station
as Chief Nakagawa
1981
Before Spring
as Riichiro Ujima
1980