Kazuo Ikehiro

{{Short description|Japanese writer and director (1929–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Kazuo Ikehiro | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|10|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Tokyo, Japan | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|10|15|1929|10|25|df=y}} | death_place = Tokyo, Japan | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = ''Zatoichi'' series <br>''Nemuri Kyōshirō'' series and ''Onna Gokuakuchō'' | occupation = Film director | years_active = 1950–2025 }}

{{Nihongo|'''''Kazuo Ikehiro'''''|池広一夫|Ikehiro Kazuo|25 October 1929 – 15 October 2025}} was a Japanese film director.<ref name=asahi>{{cite web |url=https://post.tv-asahi.co.jp/post-51270/ |title=終着駅」は"最後の仕事"。名匠・池広一夫、監督人生の出発点を振り返る| publisher=テレ朝ポスト |access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eiga.com/person/15871/ |publisher=Eiga.com|title= 池広一夫 | accessdate = March 2, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://movie.walkerplus.com/person/86279/ |publisher=Moviewalker|title= 池広一夫 | accessdate = March 2, 2019 }}</ref> He is known for directing Zatoichi series <ref>{{cite web|url= https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20180624-653588/ |publisher=MN News|title= 片岡鶴太郎を主役に抜てき、88歳･池広一夫監督が理由を明かす |date=24 June 2018| accessdate = March 2, 2019 }}</ref> and the highly acclaimed film ''Onna Gokuakuchō''.

In 1950, he joined the Daiei Film and started working as an assistant director under Kenji Mizoguchi etc.<ref name=asahi/> In 1960, he was promoted to director and debuted with ''Bara Daimyo''.<ref name=asahi/>

Ikehiro died of a heart attack in Tokyo, on 15 October 2025, at the age of 95.<ref>{{Cite web |title=映画監督の池広一夫さんが死去 |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6555861 |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== === Film === *''Bara Daimyo'' (1960) *''Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold'' (1964) *''Zatoichi's Flashing Sword'' (1964) *''Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo'' (1964) *''Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction'' (1964) *''Zatoichi's Pilgrimage'' (1966) *''Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: A Trail of Traps'' (1967) *''Lone Wolf Isazo'' ひとり狼 ''hitori ookami'' (1968) *''Broken Swords'' (1969) *''Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie'' (1969) *''Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri'' (1969) *''Onna Gokuakuchō'' (1970) *''Kesho'' (1984)

=== Television === *Nemuri Kyōshirō (TV series) (1972) Episode8,11 *Kogarashi Monjirō (1972) Episode5,9 *Amigasa Jūbei (1974-7) Episode9,10 *Monkey (TV series) (1978) Episode15,16,25,26 *Shūchakueki Series (1990-2022) Episode1-38

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0407489|name=Ikehiro Kazuo}}

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