Ikebe Ryo

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Ikebe Ryo was born on February 11, 1918 in Tokyo, Japan, and graduated from Rikkyo University before debuting as an actor at Toho in 1941, having originally aspired to be a screenwriter. His career gained momentum in the late 1940s through a series of youth films, and throughout the 1950s he diversified his roles across various genres including tokusatsu and yakuza films while establishing himself as an essayist. Notable works from this period include Desertion at Dawn (1950), Kyuketsu-ga (1956), and Madame White Snake (1956), along with an appearance in Paul Schrader's 1985 biopic "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters." He died on October 8, 2010 in Tokyo.

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