Feb 11
Ryo Ikebe, February 11, 1918 – October 8, 2010.
With Keiko Kishi in Shiro Toyoda’s Snow Country (1957).
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Ryo Ikebe, February 11, 1918 – October 8, 2010.
With Keiko Kishi in Shiro Toyoda’s Snow Country (1957).
A great find by @tohocompanylimited-blog: Hearst Metrotone News footage from the set of Battle in Outer Space (1959), including shots of Eiji Tsuburaya and Ishiro Honda at work. You can watch the whole thing here. (And there's another of Toho actresses posing with BioS backgrounds and props here.)
Pale Flower / Kawaita hana (1964)
In this classic gem of the Japanese New Wave, a cool yakuza hit man escorts a self-destructive call girl to a series of Hanafuda card games, trying to keep her alive (and not fall in love with her) in the process.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Cinematographer: Masao Kosugi
Starring: Ryō Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Isao Sasaki, Takashi Fujiki, and Chisako Hara
Pale Flower (1964)
EARLY SPRING (Sōshun). Dir Yasujirō Ozu, 1956. The "hidden kiss".
EARLY SPRING 早春 | OZU YASUJIRO 1956
乾いた花 / Pale Flower (1964) dir. Masahiro Shinoda
“Pale Flower” (1964) by Masahiro Shinoda.
篠田 正浩「乾いた花」