Ryō Ikebe

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ryō Ikebe (11 February 1918 - 8 October 2010) was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a screenwriter, but ended up debuting as an actor at Tōhō in 1941. He did not achieve popularity until starring in a series of youth films in the late 1940s. He expanded his acting range in the 1950s, while still frequently appearing in genre films, such as Tōhō tokusatsu films and yakuza films at Tōei. He was also known as an essayist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryō Ikebe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

as Interrogator (segment "Runaway Horses")

Pale Flower

as Muraki

Early Spring

as Shôji Sugiyama

Battle in Outer Space

as Major Ichiro Katsumiya

Chûshingura

as Chikara Tsuchiya

The Executioner

as Arashiyama

Gorath

as Dr. Tazawa

Manhunt

as Ito

The War in Space

as Professor Masato Takigawa

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

as Arashiyama