Tomiyasu Ikeda

Biography

Japanese director and screenwriter. Directed nearly 90 films and wrote nearly 80 screenplays between 1924 and 1954 , he also appeared as an actor in about fifteen films between 1921 and 1960. In 1921 Ikeda was discovered by actor Matsunosuke Onoe and joined Nikkatsu Kyoto. After the Great Kanto Earthquake on September 1, 1923 (Taisho 12), the staff of the contemporary drama club moved from Nikkatsu's Tokyo Mukaishima studio, and in the process of moving from an actor to a director. In 1921 director Ikeda filmed his debut film "Watashîmori to Samurai" - first work in "Nikkatsu Kyoto's historical drama " in which an actress is appointed in place of the Onnagata.

Directed

1. Zoku Mito Kōmon (1928) — Director
2. Chushingura (1938) — Director
3. Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue (1927) — Director
4. Sonno Joi (1927) — Director
5. The 26 Martyrs of Japan (1931) — Director
6. Mito Kōmon (1926) — Director
7. Kuriyama Daizen (1936) — Director
8. Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi (1928) — Director
9. Jiraika-gumi: Dai-nihen (1927) — Director
10. Akagaki Genzo (1938) — Director
11. Zōho kaitei Chūshingura (1927) — Director
12. Vengeance at Iga (1942) — Director
13. Iwami Jûtarô (1924) — Director
14. 近藤勇 池田屋騒動 (1953) — Director
15. Araki Mataemon (1925) — Director
16. Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū (1953) — Director
17. Shadow Over Fuji (1942) — Director
18. Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit (1944) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun (1959)
2. Shibukawa Bangorō (1922)
3. Torawakamaru, the Koga Ninja (1957) — Tokugawa Ieyasu
4. Girl with the Fire Banner (1958)
5. Paper Crane Palanquin (1960)
6. Heavenly Dragon (1960) — Fujihachi
7. The Unleashed Lord (1959)
8. Denshichi Torimonocho: Man without Shadow (1962)
9. The Adventures of Jirokichi: A thousand coins (1960)
10. 八州血煙り笠 (1961)