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Tomiyasu Ikeda
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.
As director
近藤勇 池田屋騒動
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
Vengeance at Iga
Shadow Over Fuji
Akagaki Genzo
Chushingura
Kuriyama Daizen
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi
Zoku Mito Kōmon
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Jiraika-gumi: Dai-nihen
Sonno Joi
Zōho kaitei Chūshingura
Mito Kōmon
Araki Mataemon
Iwami Jûtarô
