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

Yoshinobu Ikeda
池田義信
Born	(1892-03-10)10 March 1892 Nagano, Nagano, Japan
Died	1 September 1973(1973-09-01) (aged 81)
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Film director

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

External links

• Yoshinobu Ikeda at IMDb
• Ikeda Yoshinobu at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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