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)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1969)
Sworn Brothers
as Jokichi Sakurada
(1968)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1968)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1968)
The Night before Pearl Harbor
as Jiro Shiina
(1968)
Lone Wolf Isazo
as Isazo
(1967)
A Certain Killer
as Shiozawa
(1967)
A Killer's Key
as Nitta
(1967)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1967)
Assignment Dragon No. 3
as Jiro Shiina
(1967)
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
(1967)
Secret Assignment
as Jiro Shiina
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1966)
The Betrayal
as Kobuse Takuma
(1966)
Assignment Cloud
as Jiro Shiina
(1966)
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
as Kojiro Kasumi
(1966)
The School of Spies
as Jiro Shiina
(1966)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1966)
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
as Saizo Kumogakure
(1966)
(1966)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1965)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1965)
Young Boss
as Takeshi Nanjo
(1965)
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
as Saizo Kumogakure
(1965)
Sword Devil
as Hanpei
(1965)
Bloody Shuriken
as Ibuki
(1965)
(1965)
Young Boss: Prison Release
as Takeshi Nanjo
(1965)
(1964)
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
as Kirigakure Saizo
(1964)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1964)
Ken
as Jiro Kokubun
(1964)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1964)
On the Road Forever
as Ipponmatsu
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Saizo Kirigakure
(1964)
(1963)
An Actor's Revenge
as Hirutaro
(1963)
The Third Shadow Warrior
as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
(1963)
Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Yamasaki Susumu
(1963)
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as Goemon Ishikawa
(1963)
Bronze Magician
as монах Докё
(1963)
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Goemon Ishikawa
(1963)
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
(1963)
(1963)
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
as Harima Aoyama
(1963)
(1962)
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Ishikawa Goemon
(1962)
The Great Wall
as Ching Ko
(1962)
The Broken Commandment
as Ushimatsu Segawa
(1962)
The Fencing Master
as Shojiro Sawada
(1962)
Destiny's Son
as Takakura Shingo
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Her Hidden Past
as Mondo Hayase
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Seven Miles to Nakayama
as Masakichi
(1961)
A Lustful Man
as Yonosuke
(1961)
Buddha
as Kunala
(1961)
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
(1961)
The Radiant Prince
as Hikaru Genji
(1961)
The Gambler's Code
as Kutsukake Tokijirô
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
as Suke-san
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
as Tsukue Ryunosuke
(1960)
Bonchi
as Kikuji
(1960)
The Priest and the Beauty
as Anchin
(1960)
The Demon of Mount Oe
as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
(1960)
Satan's Sword
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1959)
Samurai Vendetta
as Tenge Tanzen
(1959)
Stop the Old Fox
as Shinosuke Shimada
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Jirocho Fuji
as Kira no Nikichi
(1959)
(1959)
A Thousand Flying Cranes
as Hanjirô
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Enchanted Princess
as Tanukichiro
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Takuminokami Asano
(1958)
Conflagration
as Goichi Mizoguchi
(1958)
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Hôjô Tokimune
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
The Gay Masquerade
as Benten kozo Kikunosuke
(1958)
The Swishing Sword
as Shinpachiro Nasu
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Nuregami kenpo
as Gennosuke Matsudaira
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
(1957)
An Osaka Story
as Keizaburo
(1957)
Freelance Samurai
as Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi
(1957)
Mangorō Tengu
as Tokugawa Mangorō
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
Love of the Princess
as Arisugawa
(1957)
(1957)
(1956)
(1956)
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Tatsuma Hayase
(1956)
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
as Hyosuke Yagyu
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Gonpachi
as Gonpachirô Shiga
(1955)
Taira Clan Saga
as Taira Kiyomori
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)