Yoshinobu Ikeda
池田義信
Born(1892-03-10)10 March 1892
Nagano, Nagano, Japan
Died1 September 1973(1973-09-01) (aged 81)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationFilm director

Yoshinobu Ikeda (池田 義信, Ikeda Yoshinobu, 10 March 1892 – 1 September 1973) was a Japanese film director and film industry executive.

Career

Born in Nagano Prefecture, Ikeda first worked at the post office before heading to Tokyo in 1920 to join the theater world.[1] He entered the Shochiku studio in 1921 and debuted as a film director the same year with Nasanu naka.[1] He became one of the top directors of Shochiku's Kamata studio in Tokyo, scoring a major hit with Sendō kouta in 1923.[2] He eventually quit directing films in 1936 and became a film producer.[1] After World War II, he became the secretary general of first the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan and then Eirin.[1][3]

His wife was Sumiko Kurishima, one of Japan's first female film stars and the star of Sendō kouta.[1][3]

Selected filmography

  • Nasanu naka (生さぬ仲) (1921)
  • Sendō kouta (船頭小唄) (1923)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ikeda Yoshinobu". 20世紀日本人名事典 (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sendō kouta (eiga)". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Ikeda Yoshinobu". デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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