Ryō Ikebe Movies

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many...

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

Japanese noir.

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.

1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie

Japanese mystery thriller.

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

A young wife is frightened that her husband and her father's second wife may be in cahoots with each other and are after her fortune. And then,...

Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his...

A story depicting the true nature of a vulnerable woman who abandons love, severs the bond between father and daughter, and challenges the very...

Ken's older sister Yoko, who has raised Ken like a mother, decides to move to Brazil with an older man.

After being bailed out of trouble by a member of the Kaijima Clan, Ryuhei dedicates himself to saving the Kajima’s lucrative lumber business.

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...