Tomiyasu Ikeda

Directing

Birthday

1892/05/15

Day of death

1968/09/24 (76 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Also know as

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

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 dire...Read more