Ryō Ikebe

Known for

Acting

Born

11 February 1918 · Omori, Tokyo, Japan

Died

8 October 2010

Ryō Ikebe (11 February 1918 - 8 October 2010) was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Rikkyō University and originally wanted to be a screenwriter, but ended up debuting as an actor at Tōhō in 1941. He did not achieve popularity until starring in a series of youth films in the late 1940s. He expanded his acting range in the 1950s, while still frequently appearing in genre films, such as Tōhō tokusatsu films and yakuza films at Tōei. He was also known as an essayist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryō Ikebe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.