Portrait of Ichirō Ikeda

Writing

Ichirō Ikeda

Career

Active from 1954 to 2014, with a break from 1996 to 2013, with up to 8 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Youth of the Beast
Youth of the Beast
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ichirō Ikeda Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.0, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    2.3, average 3.4
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.5, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Edo Period 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Post-War Cinema 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Moral Decay 2
  • Psychological Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

102
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles
Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu
Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu (2014)

Original Story

一夢庵風流記 前田慶次/My Dream TAKARAZUKA
一夢庵風流記 前田慶次/My Dream TAKARAZUKA (2014)

Novel

1990s

1 title
Demon Blade: The Assassin Katana of Onimaro
Demon Blade: The Assassin Katana of Onimaro (1995)

Screenplay

1980s

3 titles
Wind Whistle in Field, Demon Sword: Matsudaira Tadateru cutting the world
Wind Whistle in Field, Demon Sword: Matsudaira Tadateru cutting the world (1987)

Screenplay

Summer Secrets
Summer Secrets (1982)

Screenplay

A Woman in Danger
A Woman in Danger (1982)

Screenplay

1970s

7 titles
Sugata Sanshiro
Sugata Sanshiro (1977)

Producer

Stars and Storms
Stars and Storms (1976)

Screenplay

Love Is a Hunter
Love Is a Hunter (1976)

Writer

Slope of the Sun
Slope of the Sun (1975)

Writer

Challenge at Dawn
Challenge at Dawn (1971)

Screenplay

An Ode to Yakuza
An Ode to Yakuza (1970)

Screenplay

Fear of Sex
Fear of Sex (1970)

Screenplay

1960s

65 titles · average score 70
Vixen
Vixen (1969)

Screenplay

The Sex Check
The Sex Check (1968)

Writer

The House of Wooden Blocks
The House of Wooden Blocks (1968)

Screenplay

Love for an Idiot
Love for an Idiot (1967)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment (1965)

Screenplay

Flora on the Sand
Flora on the Sand (1964)

Screenplay

Youth of the Beast
Youth of the Beast (1963)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer

The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

Danger Pays
Danger Pays (1962)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Big Shots Die at Dawn
Big Shots Die at Dawn (1961)

Screenplay

Procurer of Hell
Procurer of Hell (1961)

Writer

The Sleeping Beast Within
The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

1950s

24 titles · average score 67
My Second Brother
My Second Brother (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

Light The Explosives
Light The Explosives (1959)

Writer

The Stream of Youth
The Stream of Youth (1959)

Screenplay

Red Pier
Red Pier (1958)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

A Slope in the Sun
A Slope in the Sun (1958)

Screenplay

Tomorrow is Another Day
Tomorrow is Another Day (1958)

Screenplay

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow (1958)

Screenplay

Young Tree
Young Tree (1956)

Writer

Shiawase wa doko ni
Shiawase wa doko ni (1956)

Screenplay

No Response from Car 33
No Response from Car 33 (1955)

Screenplay

Love Never Fails
Love Never Fails (1955)

Screenplay

Zoku botchan shain
Zoku botchan shain (1954)

Screenplay