Biography
Japanese director and screenwriter. Directed nearly 90 films and wrote nearly 80 screenplays between 1924 and 1954 , he also appeared as an actor in about fifteen films between 1921 and 1960. In 1921 Ikeda was discovered by actor Matsunosuke Onoe and joined Nikkatsu Kyoto. After the Great Kanto Earthquake on September 1, 1923 (Taisho 12), the staff of the contemporary drama club moved from Nikkatsu's Tokyo Mukaishima studio, and in the process of moving from an actor to a director. In 1921 director Ikeda filmed his debut film "Watashîmori to Samurai" - first work in "Nikkatsu Kyoto's historical drama " in which an actress is appointed in place of the Onnagata.
Directed 12
1950s
- 1953
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū
Director
近藤勇 池田屋騒動
Director
1940s
- 1944
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
Director
- 1942
Shadow Over Fuji
Director
Vengeance at Iga
Director
1930s
- 1938
Akagaki Genzo
Director
- 1936
- 1931
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Director
1920s
- 1928
Zoku Mito Kōmon
Director
- 1927
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Director
- 1926
Mito Kōmon
Director
Acted in 10
1960s
- 1962
Denshichi Torimonocho: Man without Shadow
Movie
- 1961
八州血煙り笠
Movie
- 1960
Heavenly Dragon
Fujihachi
The Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins
Movie
Paper Crane Palanquin
Movie
1950s
- 1959
Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
Movie
The Unleashed Lord
Movie
- 1958
Girl with the Fire Banner
Movie
- 1957
Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1920s
- 1922
Shibukawa Bangorō
Movie
Wrote 8
1950s
- 1954
Date sōdō: Haha goten
Screenplay
Akōgishi
Adaptation
- 1950
Onna no ryūkō
Screenplay
1930s
- 1938
Akagaki Genzo
Screenplay
- 1936
- 1931
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Writer
1920s
- 1928
Zoku Mito Kōmon
Screenplay, Original Story
- 1927
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Screenplay