Ryō Ikebe Movies

A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.

Back after four years, Goro learns his younger brother's been thrown out of the gang and his girlfriend's married another man. It's payback time.

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life...

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1...

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where she is going t...

Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at s...

An Ishiro Honda film.

An Ishiro Honda film.

A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate companies. A prosecutor who senses a setup expose...

Legendary detective returns

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

Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love wi...

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.