Raizō Ichikawa
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Raizô Ichikawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Aug 29, 1931 In Kyoto, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 74
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Great White Tiger Platoon 1954-08-25
- Latest Project:
- Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie 1969-01-11
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 1969-01-11 |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 1968-01-13 |
| Movie | Lone Wolf Isazo | Isazo | 1968-04-19 |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 1968-05-01 |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 1967-07-15 |
| Movie | Young Boss, Fugitive | 1967-08-12 | |
| Movie | A Certain Killer | Shiozawa | 1967-04-29 |
| Movie | The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka | Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka | 1967-10-28 |
| Movie | A Killer's Key | Nitta | 1967-12-02 |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 1966-03-12 |
| Movie | Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back | Saizo Kumogakure | 1966-02-12 |
| Movie | The Betrayal | Kobuse Takuma | 1966-07-02 |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 1966-11-09 |
| Movie | Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies | Kojiro Kasumi | 1966-12-10 |
| Movie | Bloody Shuriken | Ibuki | 1965-02-20 |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 1965-04-30 |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 1965-01-12 |
| Movie | Young Boss | Takeshi Nanjo | 1965-03-13 |
| Movie | Sword Devil | Hanpei | 1965-10-16 |
| Movie | Young Boss: Prison Release | Takeshi Nanjo | 1965-08-14 |
| Movie | Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy | Saizo Kumogakure | 1965-06-12 |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure | 1964-01-09 | |
| Movie | Ken | Jiro Kokubun | 1964-03-14 |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 1964-05-23 |
| Movie | On the Road Forever | Ipponmatsu | 1964-08-08 |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 1964-10-17 |
| Movie | Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege | Saizo Kirigakure | 1964-07-10 |
| Movie | Cut the Shadow | 1963-03-01 | |
| Movie | An Actor's Revenge | Hirutaro | 1963-01-13 |
| Movie | Shinsengumi Chronicles | Yamasaki Susumu | 1963-01-03 |
| Movie | The Third Shadow Warrior | Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto | 1963-04-21 |
| Movie | Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection | Goemon Ishikawa | 1963-12-28 |
| Movie | Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance | Goemon Ishikawa | 1963-08-06 |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 1963-11-02 |
| Movie | Bronze Magician | монах Докё | 1963-10-05 |
| Movie | Seven Miles to Nakayama | Masakichi | 1962-05-27 |
| Movie | The Broken Commandment | Ushimatsu Segawa | 1962-04-06 |
| Movie | The Great Wall | Ching Ko | 1962-11-01 |
| Movie | The Fencing Master | Shojiro Sawada | 1962-09-30 |
| Movie | Ninja, A Band of Assassins | Ishikawa Goemon | 1962-12-01 |
| Movie | A Lustful Man | Yonosuke | 1961-03-21 |
| Movie | The Gambler's Code | Kutsukake Tokijirô | 1961-06-14 |
| Movie | Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter | Ryûnosuke Tsukue | 1961-05-17 |
| Movie | Buddha | Kunala | 1961-10-31 |
| Movie | Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo | Suke-san | 1961-07-12 |
| Movie | Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger | 1960-03-29 | |
| Movie | Bonchi | Kikuji | 1960-04-14 |
| Movie | The Two Musashis | 1960-01-03 | |
| Movie | The Demon of Mount Oe | Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô | 1960-04-27 |
| Movie | Satan's Sword | Ryunosuke Tsukue | 1960-10-18 |
| Movie | Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous | 1960-06-01 | |
| Movie | Satan's Sword: The Dragon God | Tsukue Ryunosuke | 1960-12-27 |
| Movie | The Priest and the Beauty | Anchin | 1960-08-09 |
| Movie | Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord | 1959-07-12 | |
| Movie | Jirocho Fuji | Kira no Nikichi | 1959-06-03 |
| Movie | Stop the Old Fox | Shinosuke Shimada | 1959-09-27 |
| Movie | Samurai Vendetta | Tenge Tanzen | 1959-11-22 |
| Movie | Enchanted Princess | Tanukichiro | 1959-12-27 |
| Movie | The Loyal 47 Ronin | Takuminokami Asano | 1958-04-01 |
| Movie | Megitsune Buro | 1958-07-13 | |
| Movie | Conflagration | Goichi Mizoguchi | 1958-09-22 |
| Movie | The Gay Masquerade | Benten kozo Kikunosuke | 1958-11-29 |
| Movie | Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion | Hôjô Tokimune | 1958-10-01 |
| Movie | Love of the Princess | Arisugawa | 1957-03-19 |
| Movie | An Osaka Story | Keizaburo | 1957-03-06 |
| Movie | Secret of Naruto | 1957-09-29 | |
| Movie | Freelance Samurai | Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi | 1957-12-15 |
| Movie | Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita | 1956-08-22 | |
| Movie | Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan | Hyosuke Yagyu | 1956-02-26 |
| Movie | Tsukigata Hanpeita | Tatsuma Hayase | 1956-10-16 |
| Movie | A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love | 1955-04-23 | |
| Movie | Taira Clan Saga | Taira Kiyomori | 1955-09-21 |
| Movie | The Great White Tiger Platoon | 1954-08-25 | |
| Movie | The Princess Sen | 1954-10-20 |