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Kazuo Ikehiro(1929-2025)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
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Kazuo Ikehiro was born on 25 October 1929 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for Naked Ambition (1970), The Phantom Samurai (1961) and Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966). He died on 15 October 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornOctober 25, 1929
DiedOctober 15, 2025(95)
BornOctober 25, 1929
DiedOctober 15, 2025(95)
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Known for

Michiyo Yasuda in Naked Ambition (1970)
Naked Ambition
8.4
  • Director
  • 1970
The Phantom Samurai (1961)
The Phantom Samurai
7.3
  • Director
  • 1961
Shintarō Katsu in Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
7.2
  • Director
  • 1966
Slaughter in the Snow (1973)
Slaughter in the Snow
6.9
  • Director
  • 1973

Credits

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Director

  • Morimura Seiichi no shûchakueki sirîzu 28: Zankokuna Shikai
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery 40
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery 38
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery 36
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Kyôtarô Nishimura's Travel Mystery 34
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Kin-san vs onna nezumi
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Tôyama no Kin-san vs onna nezumi
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1997–1998
  • Yakuyoke shôbaihanjô satsujin jiken: Asakusa hôzuki-ichi no yoru kara hajimaru kyôfu no rensa!
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1994
  • Kasha: Kâdo hasan no onna!
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1994
  • Morimura Seiichi no shûchakueki sirîzu 3: Shikeidai no butô
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Jûjiro ni tastu onna
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Edogawa Rampo no bijo (1977)
    Edogawa Rampo no bijo
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1986–1990
  • Make-Up (1984)
    Make-Up
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Satsujinkô: Oku no Hosomichi (1983)
    Satsujinkô: Oku no Hosomichi
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Kazoku gêmu
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1982

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The Princess Says No (1959)
    The Princess Says No
    • assistant director
    • 1959
  • Ojo-kichiza (1959)
    Ojo-kichiza
    • assistant director
    • 1959
  • Bake neko goyôda (1958)
    Bake neko goyôda
    • assistant director
    • 1958
  • Conflagration (1958)
    Conflagration
    7.1
    • second assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Okesa karasu
    • assistant director
    • 1958
  • Ichiya no hyakuman chôja
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin (1956)
    Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
    • assistant director
    • 1956

Writer

  • Slaughter in the Snow (1973)
    Slaughter in the Snow
    6.9
    • adaptation
    • 1973

Personal details

  • Born
    • October 25, 1929
    • Tokyo, Japan
  • Died
    • October 15, 2025
    • Tokyo, Japan(heart attack)

Did you know

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    Got his start as an assistant working for directors like Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa.

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