Tomiyasu Ikeda

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1892-05-14

Deathday 1968-09-24 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As Matsusaburo Onoe, 尾上松三郎, Kensuke Mochizuki, 望月健佐, Kenzai Mochizuki

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.

Known For

Director

1942
Vengeance at Iga

as Director

1938
Akagaki Genzo

as Director

1938
Chushingura

as Director

1936
Kuriyama Daizen

as Director

1931
1928
Zoku Mito Kōmon

as Director

1927
1927
Sonno Joi

as Director

1926
Mito Kōmon

as Director

Writer

1938
Akagaki Genzo

as Screenplay

1936
Kuriyama Daizen

as Writer

1928
Zoku Mito Kōmon

as Screenplay

1927
Sonno Joi

as Screenplay