Ichirō Ikeda

Biography

Screenwriter and novelist.

Career Overview

Ichirō Ikeda has 96 screen credits in a career dating back to 1954. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently The Crazy Cats Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Here Because of You, Challenge at Dawn, Vixen. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

96

Birth Date

1923-09-30 00:00:00

Birth Place

Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Known For

• 

  Here Because of You
• 

  Challenge at Dawn
• 

  Vixen
• 

  The House of Wooden Blocks
• 

  The Sex Check
• 

  Love for an Idiot

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• The Crazy Cats Collection (2 titles)
• Ekimae: A Series in Front of the Station (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Yūzō Hayakawa (3 collaborations)
• Asao Uchida (3 collaborations)
• Ken Ogata (2 collaborations)
• Michiyo Yasuda (2 collaborations)
• Kazuo Funaki (1 collaborations)
• Chiyoko Honma (1 collaborations)
• Sonny Chiba (1 collaborations)
• Shūji Sano (1 collaborations)
• Mieko Takamine (1 collaborations)
• Junko Miyazono (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (95 credits)

  • 一夢庵風流記　前田慶次／My Dream TAKARAZUKA

    novel

    writing
    2014
  • Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu

    original story

    writing
    2014
  • Demon Blade: The Assassin Katana of Onimaro

    screenplay

    writing
    1995
  • Wind Whistle in Field, Demon Sword: Matsudaira Tadateru cutting the world

    screenplay

    writing
    1987
  • Summer Secrets

    screenplay

    writing
    1982
  • A Woman in Danger

    screenplay

    writing
    1982
  • Stars and Storms

    screenplay

    writing
    1976
  • Love Is a Hunter

    writer

    writing
    1976
  • Slope of the Sun

    writer

    writing
    1975
  • Challenge at Dawn

    screenplay

    writing
    1971
  • Fear of Sex

    screenplay

    writing
    1970
  • An Ode to Yakuza

    screenplay

    writing
    1970
  • Married Woman: Another Law of the Night

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • Vixen

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • 手錠無用

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • The Tempters: Smile After Tears

    writer

    writing
    1969
  • A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • Sex and Life

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • The House of Wooden Blocks

    screenplay

    writing
    1968
  • The Sex Check

    writer

    writing
    1968
  • It's The Drifters! Steal, steal, steal as much as you can!

    original story

    writing
    1968
  • School for Thieves

    writer

    writing
    1968
  • The Stronger Sex

    screenplay

    writing
    1967
  • Swift Current

    screenplay

    writing
    1967
  • Love for an Idiot

    screenplay

    writing
    1967
  • Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!

    screenplay

    writing
    1967
  • Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri

    writer

    writing
    1967
  • 陽のあたる坂道

    writer

    writing
    1967
  • The Craziest Operation

    writer

    writing
    1966
  • Dianas of the Campus

    screenplay

    writing
    1966
  • わが愛を星に祈りて

    screenplay

    writing
    1966
  • Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko

    screenplay

    writing
    1965
  • High-Ranking Yakuza

    writer

    writing
    1965
  • The White Rose of Hong Kong

    screenplay

    writing
    1965
  • The Last Judgment

    screenplay

    writing
    1965
  • Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu

    writer

    writing
    1965
  • Taking the Castle

    screenplay

    writing
    1965
  • Sweet Seventeen

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • Eliminate The Killer

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • Flora on the Sand

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • High School Juniors (Part II)

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • Green Fruit

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • Legend of the Irresponsible Hero

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • Here Because of You

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • The Desperate

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • Bright Sea

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • High School Third Graders

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • Youth of the Beast

    writer

    writing
    1963
  • Crazy Operation: First Move

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon

    writer

    writing
    1963
  • Gone in the Rain

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • Devices Stronger Than Women

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • Danger Pays

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • The Young and Bad

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • Kakkoii wakamono tachi

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • Red Bud and White Flower

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • Facing to the Clouds

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • Black Dice

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • A Bold Life

    writer

    writing
    1961
  • Procurer of Hell

    writer

    writing
    1961
  • That Guy and I

    screenplay

    writing
    1961
  • The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass

    writer

    writing
    1961
  • Big Shots Die at Dawn

    screenplay

    writing
    1961
  • Shokei zen'ya

    screenplay

    writing
    1961
  • Shōjo

    screenplay

    writing
    1961
  • He Killed Dad

    screenplay

    writing
    1961
  • Wait for Tomorrow

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • The Sand City in Manchuria

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • Man Against Man

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • The Sleeping Beast Within

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • Ajisai no uta

    screenplay

    writing
    1960
  • My Second Brother

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero

    writer

    writing
    1959
  • The Echo of Love

    writer

    writing
    1959
  • Gunshū no naka no taiyō

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • The Happy Family

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • The Stream of Youth

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • Red Pier

    writer

    writing
    1958
  • The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

    screenplay

    writing
    1958
  • Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku

    screenplay

    writing
    1958
  • A Slope in the Sun

    screenplay

    writing
    1958
  • The Way of Youth

    screenplay

    writing
    1957
  • Jûnana-sai no teikô

    writer

    writing
    1957
  • Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

    writer

    writing
    1957
  • Kingorô no omawari-san

    writer

    writing
    1956
  • Gyakukōsen

    writer

    writing
    1956
  • Shiawase wa doko ni

    screenplay

    writing
    1956
  • Young Tree

    writer

    writing
    1956
  • No Response from Car 33

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • Love Never Fails

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • The Road to the Spring

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • Zoku botchan shain

    screenplay

    writing
    1954

• production (1 credits)

  • Sugata Sanshiro

    producer

    production
    1977