Toshiharu Ikeda

Director and screenwriter Toshiharu Ikeda (1951-2010)
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Toshiharu Ikeda (池田敏春, Ikeda Toshiharu, February 23, 1951 - December 26, 2010) was a Japanese director and screenwriter. He graduated from Waseda University, and started his film career in 1974, working in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series. He made his directorial debut in 1980 with Sukeban Mafia. He is perhaps best known in the West for his horror film Evil Dead Trap (1988), though some Japanese critics cite Mermaid Legend (1984) as his best work.

Partial filmography

• [1980-03-01] Sukeban Mafia
• [1980-10-22] Sex Hunter
• [1981-07-24] Blue Lagoon: A Summer Experience
• [1981-12-25] Angel Guts: Red Porno
• [1984-04-14] Mermaid Legend
• [1988-05-14] Evil Dead Trap
• [1993-06-26] Evil Dead Trap 3: Broken Love Killer
• [1995-09-08] XX: Beautiful Beast
• [1996-01-12] XX: Beautiful Prey
• [2005-03-19] The Man Behind the Scissors
• [2008-11-08] Aki Fukaki

Bibliography

• Toshiharu Ikeda at the Internet Movie Database
• 池田敏春 at the Japanese Movie Database
• 池田敏春 at Kinema Jumpo
• Profile at www.from1-pro.jp

External links

• "RIP Evil Dead Trap Director Toshiharu Ikeda (23 February 1951 – 26 December 2010)" at jaspersharp.com. (Obituary and Jasper Sharp's reminiscences of Ikeda)
• "Mermaid Legend" director Toshiharu Ikeda dies at 59 obituary at www.tokyograph.com
• "Toshiharu Ikeda body identified" at houseofjapan.com
• "映画監督の池田敏春さん、飛び降り自殺か" at yomiuri.co.jp