Raizō Ichikawa
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-08-29
Day of Death
1969-07-17 (37 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Raizō Ichikawa
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Ichikawa Raizō VIII (born 29 August 1931 in Kyoto, Japan, died 17 July 1969 in Tokyo, Japan) was a Japanese film and kabuki actor. Died of rectal cancer.
He was born as Yoshiya Ōta in Kyoto on August 29, 1931.
Ichikawa Raizō appeared mostly in period dramas (jidaigeki). He is best known for the Sleepy Eyes of Death (Nemuri Kyoshiro) series, Ninja (Shinobi no Mono) series and Nakano Spy School (Rikugun Nakano Gakkō) series (based on the Nakano School). Raizō worked many times with director Kenji Misumi. Their collaborations include The Sword (Ken) (from a book by Yukio Mishima) and Destiny's Son (Kiru).
Other great works include An Actor's Revenge (Yukinojo henge).
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Known For
Acting
(1969)
Sworn Brothers
as Jokichi Sakurada
(1969)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1968)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1968)
Lone Wolf Isazo
as Isazo
(1968)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1968)
The Night before Pearl Harbor
as Jiro Shiina
(1967)
(1967)
Assignment Dragon No. 3
as Jiro Shiina
(1967)
A Certain Killer
as Shiozawa
(1967)
(1967)
A Killer's Key
as Nitta
(1967)
Secret Assignment
as Jiro Shiina
(1967)
(1967)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1967)
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
(1966)
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
as Kojiro Kasumi
(1966)
The Betrayal
as Kobuse Takuma
(1966)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1966)
Assignment Cloud
as Jiro Shiina
(1966)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1966)
(1966)
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
as Saizo Kumogakure
(1966)
(1966)
The School of Spies
as Jiro Shiina
(1966)
(1965)
(1965)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1965)
(1965)
Young Boss: Prison Release
as Takeshi Nanjo
(1965)
Young Boss
as Takeshi Nanjo
(1965)
Sword Devil
as Hanpei
(1965)
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
as Saizo Kumogakure
(1965)
Bloody Shuriken
as Ibuki
(1965)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1964)
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Saizo Kirigakure
(1964)
(1964)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
On the Road Forever
as Ipponmatsu
(1964)
Ken
as Jiro Kokubun
(1964)
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
as Kirigakure Saizo
(1964)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1963)
Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Yamasaki Susumu
(1963)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1963)
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Goemon Ishikawa
(1963)
(1963)
An Actor's Revenge
as Hirutaro
(1963)
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
as Harima Aoyama
(1963)
Bronze Magician
as монах Докё
(1963)
(1963)
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as Goemon Ishikawa
(1963)
The Third Shadow Warrior
as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
(1962)
The Great Wall
as Ching Ko
(1962)
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Ishikawa Goemon
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Seven Miles to Nakayama
as Masakichi
(1962)
(1962)
Her Hidden Past
as Mondo Hayase
(1962)
(1962)
Destiny's Son
as Takakura Shingo
(1962)
(1962)
The Broken Commandment
as Ushimatsu Segawa
(1962)
The Fencing Master
as Shojiro Sawada
(1961)
A Lustful Man
as Yonosuke
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
(1961)
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
as Suke-san
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Buddha
as Kunala
(1961)
The Gambler's Code
as Kutsukake Tokijirô
(1961)
The Radiant Prince
as Hikaru Genji
(1960)
The Demon of Mount Oe
as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
as Tsukue Ryunosuke
(1960)
Satan's Sword
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
The Priest and the Beauty
as Anchin
(1960)
Bonchi
as Kikuji
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Enchanted Princess
as Tanukichiro
(1959)
(1959)
A Thousand Flying Cranes
as Hanjirô
(1959)
Samurai Vendetta
as Tenge Tanzen
(1959)
(1959)
Stop the Old Fox
as Shinosuke Shimada
(1959)
Jirocho Fuji
as Kira no Nikichi
(1959)
(1958)
Nuregami kenpo
as Gennosuke Matsudaira
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
The Swishing Sword
as Shinpachiro Nasu
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Conflagration
as Goichi Mizoguchi
(1958)
The Gay Masquerade
as Benten kozo Kikunosuke
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Takuminokami Asano
(1958)
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Hôjô Tokimune
(1957)
(1957)
Freelance Samurai
as Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi
(1957)
(1957)
Mangorō Tengu
as Tokugawa Mangorō
(1957)
Love of the Princess
as Arisugawa
(1957)
(1957)
An Osaka Story
as Keizaburo
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
as Hyosuke Yagyu
(1956)
Gonpachi
as Gonpachirô Shiga
(1956)
(1956)
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Tatsuma Hayase
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
Taira Clan Saga
as Taira Kiyomori
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)