Directed credits
2
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Shunsaku Ikehata
Writing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.4
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 26
TMDB ID: 1809642
IMDb ID: nm0407487
Known for: Writing
Born: January 7, 1946
Age: 80
Place of birth: Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2025
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 7.51
Wikidata: Q11552223
Frequent jobs
Assistant Director (1)Director (1)Screenplay (12)Writer (8)Teleplay (2)Scenario Writer (1)Script (1)
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Shunsaku Ikehata.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Shunsaku Ikehata.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Shunsaku Ikehata.
7.5
The Ballad of Narayama
Assistant Director
1983 Movie
7.5
Vengeance Is Mine
Screenplay
1979 Movie
5.8
Prison Break
Teleplay
2017 Movie
Autumn Blossoms
Director
1999 Movie
6.0
Oración
Writer
1988 Movie
Prince Shōtoku
Writer
2001 Movie
What the War Meant
Screenplay
2008 Movie
The Man Who Carries the Voice of August
Screenplay
2025 Movie
A House on a Hill
Screenplay
2014 Movie
Clock Store's Girl
Scenario Writer
2013 Movie
The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
Screenplay
1983 Movie
悪女について
Screenplay
2012 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Shunsaku Ikehata.
8.0
Back of Father
Screenplay • 1 eps
2014 Series
Taiheiki
Screenplay • 49 eps
1991 Series
6.0
Kamogawa Shokudo
Writer • 2 eps
2016 Series
Why I borrowed money from her
Screenplay • 11 eps
1994 Series
Wife of Soseki Natsume
Teleplay • 4 eps
2016 Series
Keisei Saimin no Otoko
Script • 5 eps
2015 Series
6.0
Prince Shotoku
Screenplay • 2 eps
2001 Series
A Woman from Ashio
Screenplay • 2 eps
2014 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Shunsaku Ikehata.
The Man Who Carries the Voice of August
Screenplay
2025 Movie
5.8
Prison Break
Teleplay
2017 Movie
Yuriko's Picture Book
Writer
2016 Movie
The Man of the Political Economy
Screenplay
2015 Movie
A House on a Hill
Screenplay
2014 Movie
Clock Store's Girl
Scenario Writer
2013 Movie
悪女について
Screenplay
2012 Movie
What the War Meant
Screenplay
2008 Movie
The Taika Reforms
Writer
2005 Movie
Prince Shōtoku
Writer
2001 Movie
The Bridge Club
Writer
1996 Movie
Kaze no Sumu Ie
Writer
1989 Movie
6.0
Oración
Writer
1988 Movie
Jesus' Ark
Writer
1985 Movie
The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
Screenplay
1983 Movie
7.5
Vengeance Is Mine
Screenplay
1979 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Shunsaku Ikehata.
Wife of Soseki Natsume
Teleplay • 4 eps
2016 Series
6.0
Kamogawa Shokudo
Writer • 2 eps
2016 Series
Keisei Saimin no Otoko
Script • 5 eps
2015 Series
8.0
Back of Father
Screenplay • 1 eps
2014 Series
A Woman from Ashio
Screenplay • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.0
Prince Shotoku
Screenplay • 2 eps
2001 Series
Why I borrowed money from her
Screenplay • 11 eps
1994 Series
Taiheiki
Screenplay • 49 eps
1991 Series