Taro Ikeda
Screenwriter
- Date of Birth
- March 5, 1940
- Career
- After graduating from Tokyo Gakugei University, Taro Ikeda experienced working as an office worker and a teacher for disabled children, and later joined Japan Writers Guild. He studied under the late Kei Kumai and is now writing “Nagoya Abekku Satsujin Jiken (Couple’s Murder in Nagoya).”
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TITLE
Manchuria: Money and Sabers
Genre： Drama , Historical
Outstanding works
| Category | Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| teleplay (live action) | 1982 | Onihei Hankacho: Fukagawa Chidoribashi and others | |
| Play script | 1989 | Tsujidachi Rotsu: Basho Ibun (On-Street Rotsu: The Unusual Story) | appeared in “Higeki Kigeki (Tragedies and Comedies).” |
| teleplay (live action) | 1990 | Little Step: Inochi no Kagiri Odoritai (A Little Step: Dance to the Last Breath) | |
| screenplay (live action) | 1992 | Luminous Moss | |
| teleplay (live action) | 2001 | Shikeidai no Ropeway (Ropeway to the Gallows) | |
| screenplay (live action) | 2004 | Onigiri (Rice Balls) | |
| screenplay (live action) | 2007 | Nihon no Aozora (Japan’s Blue Sky) | |
| teleplay (live action) | 2010 | Nanshuo Ibun: Oidon wa Marugoshi Heiwa Shisetsu de Kankoku e Yuku (The unusual story of Nanshuo: I would go to Korea Unarmed as a Peace Ambassador) | |
| screenplay (live action) | 2011 | This One Thing I Do | |
| other scripts | 2018 | Hagoku (Prison Break) (Appeared in the December issue of “Monthly Scenario.” Not made into a movie.) | Collaboration with Kei Kumai |
Awards List
| Year | Title of Award | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Honorable Mention in the 28th Film Scenario Award for New Writers | Kagirinaki Toso “A Boundless Getaway” |
| 1979 | Accepted to the 17th TV scenario contest | Fuyu no Dokuritsu “Independent in Winter” |
| 1984 | The second place in the 9th Kido Prize | Yume no Machi no Satsujinsha: Shi wa Waga Tomo “Murdrer of a Dream Town: Death is my Friend” |
| 1996 | Nominated for the 6th Kikuchi Kan Drama Prize presented by Bungeishunju | Waga Sangetsuki “My Sangetsuki” |