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Kazuo Ikehiro(I)

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

    Michiyo Yasuda in Naked Ambition (1970)
    Naked Ambition
    8.7
    Movie
    • Director
    • 1970
    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
    7.2
    Movie
    • Director
    • 1966
    The Phantom Samurai (1961)
    The Phantom Samurai
    7.2
    Movie
    • Director
    • 1961
    Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
    Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
    7.2
    Movie
    • Director
    • 1964

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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
    • Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief 2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief
      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
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1986–1990
    • Make-Up (1984)
      Make-Up
      5.4
      • Director
      • 1984
    • Kazoku gêmu
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1982
    • Lowly Ronin
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1981

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • The Princess Says No (1959)
      The Princess Says No
      • assistant director
      • 1959
    • Bake neko goyôda (1958)
      Bake neko goyôda
      • assistant director
      • 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

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      • October 25, 1929
      • Tokyo, Japan

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