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