Shinichiro Ikebe Movies
- 1983
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama7.5591983HD
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should...
- 1980
Kagemusha
Kagemusha7.831980HD
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid...
- 1990
Dreams
Dreams7.6991990HD
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
- 2007
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Glory to the Filmmaker!6.362007HD
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete...
- 1993
Madadayo
Madadayo7.31993HD
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset...
- 1997
The Eel
The Eel6.91997HD
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no...
- 1985
Gray Sunset
Gray Sunset6.11985HD
Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his...
- 2001
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge6.592001HD
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
- 1975
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees7.0541975HD
A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.
- 1984
MacArthur's Children
MacArthur's Children5.51984HD
In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the...
- 1988
Labyrinth Romanesque
Labyrinth Romanesque5.31988HD
A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.
- 1997
Moonlight Serenade
Moonlight Serenade5.41997HD
After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.
- 1979
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine7.5591979HD
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
- 1991
Rhapsody in August
Rhapsody in August7.21991HD
The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her...
- 2001
Ino Tadataka: Meridian dreams
Ino Tadataka: Meridian dreams02001HD
Biographical story, based on life of Ino Tadataka, a Japanese measurer and cartographer. Ino Tadataka travelled the length and breadth of Japan on...
- 1990
Making of 'Dreams'
Making of 'Dreams'81990HD
This 150-minute documentary, directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi on the set of Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, features behind-the-scenes footage and...
- 2006
The Ode to Joy
The Ode to Joy4.52006HD
Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the...
- 1989
Days with Harasu
Days with Harasu01989HD
The movie depicts the interaction between a childless middle-aged couple and a small dog.
- 2001
Closed Ward
Closed Ward02001HD
- 1990
Sea of Wandering
Sea of Wandering01990HD
Set in Osaka just after the end of the war, the story depicts an unconventional merchant who returns from evacuation. The film is based on the novel...