Name
Raizō Ichikawa
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-08-29
Deathday
1969-07-17 (38 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
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
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Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of...
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In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to ...
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Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ...
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[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the clima...
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Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku...
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[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayano...
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Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by bo...
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In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering ...
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Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now ...
- 1962 Ninja, A Band of Assassins as Ishikawa Goemon
- 1966 The Betrayal as Kobuse Takuma
- 1963 An Actor's Revenge as Hirutaro
- 1955 Taira Clan Saga as Taira Kiyomori
- 1963 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance as Goemon Ishikawa
- 1962 The Great Wall as Ching Ko
- 1962 Destiny's Son as Takakura Shingo
- 1961 A Lustful Man as Yonosuke
- 1964 Ken as Jiro Kokubun
- 1963 Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- 1964 Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
- 1964 Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- 1968 Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- 1967 A Certain Killer as Shiozawa
- 1965 Sword Devil as Hanpei
- 1958 Conflagration as Goichi Mizoguchi
- 1963 Shinsengumi Chronicles as Yamasaki Susumu
- 1959 Samurai Vendetta as Tenge Tanzen
- 1962 The Broken Commandment as Ushimatsu Segawa
- 1964 On the Road Forever as Ipponmatsu
- 1966 Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- 1966 Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- 1964 Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- 1965 Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- 1965 Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- 1967 The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka as Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
- 1964 Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo as Kirigakure Saizo
- 1964 Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege as Saizo Kirigakure
- 1967 Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- 1968 Lone Wolf Isazo as Isazo
- 1963 The Third Shadow Warrior as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
- 1963 Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection as Goemon Ishikawa
- 1963 Bronze Magician as монах Докё
- 1957 An Osaka Story as Keizaburo
- 1954 The Princess Sen as Hideyori Toyotomi
- 1959 Jirocho Fuji as Kira no Nikichi
- 1965 Young Boss as Takeshi Nanjo
- 1969 Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- 1968 Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- 1963 Cut the Shadow
- 1959 Enchanted Princess as Tanukichiro
- 1960 Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God as Tsukue Ryunosuke
- 1960 Satan's Sword as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- 1960 Anchin and Kiyohime as Anchin
- 1960 The Demon of Mount Oe as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
- 1961 The Gambler's Code as Kutsukake Tokijirô
- 1961 Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
- 1957 Freelance Samurai as Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi
- 1967 A Killer's Key as Nitta
- 1956 Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan as Hyosuke Yagyu
- 1961 Buddha as Kunala
- 1954 Onatsu and Seijuro
- 1957 Secret of Naruto
- 1962 The Fencing Master as Shojiro Sawada
- 1958 Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion as Hôjô Tokimune
- 1965 Bloody Shuriken as Ibuki
- 1958 The Loyal 47 Ronin as Takuminokami Asano
- 1960 Bonchi as Kikuji
- 1958 The Gay Masquerade as Benten kozo Kikunosuke
- 1960 Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
- 1961 Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo as Suke-san
- 1955 A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
- 1956 Tsukigata Hanpeita as Tatsuma Hayase
- 1966 Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies as Kojiro Kasumi
- 1965 Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy as Saizo Kumogakure
- 1954 The Great White Tiger Platoon
- 1960 The Two Musashis
- 1966 Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back as Saizo Kumogakure
- 1959 Stop the Old Fox as Shinosuke Shimada
- 1966 The School of Spies as Jiro Shiina
- 1967 Assignment Dragon No. 3 as Jiro Shiina
- 1967 Secret Assignment as Jiro Shiina
- 1966 Assignment Cloud as Jiro Shiina
- 1968 The Night before Pearl Harbor as Jiro Shiina
- 1962 Seven Miles to Nakayama as Masakichi
- 1969 Sworn Brothers as Jokichi Sakurada
- 1965 Young Boss: Prison Release as Takeshi Nanjo
- 1957 Love of the Princess as Arisugawa
- 1956 Gonpachi as Gonpachirô Shiga
- 1956 Asataro the Crow
- 1956 Flowery Brothers
- 1959 A Thousand Flying Cranes as Hanjirô
- 1963 A Samurai Never Tells a Lie as Harima Aoyama
- 1961 The Radiant Prince as Hikaru Genji
- 1962 Her Hidden Past as Mondo Hayase
- 1961 Vagabonds from Badgerville
- 1957 Floating Vessel
- 1957 Daiei Studio is Bustling
- 1957 Demonfire Palanquin
- 1957 Mangorō Tengu as Tokugawa Mangorō
- 1957 Yataro’s Travel Hat
- 1957 Fighting Letter for 29 People
- 1957 Inazuma Kaidō
- 1962 Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
- 1962 Ken ni kakeru
- 1958 Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
- 1958 Princess Tsuki
- 1963 The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
- 1958 Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
- 1962 170 Leagues to Edo
- 1958 Hanatarō Jumon
- 1958 The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
- 1958 The Magnificent Five
- 1964 The Gambling Samurai
- 1965 New Tengu from Mount Kurama
- 1964 The Man Disappears Yesterday
- 1958 Megitsune Buro
- 1958 The Swishing Sword as Shinpachiro Nasu
- 1965 New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
- 1966 Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
- 1966 Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
- 1954 Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
- 1955 Thief and Magistrate
- 1966 The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
- 1954 The Young Swordsman
- 1955 Iroha Elegy
- 1955 The Second Son
- 1955 The Magistrate
- 1958 Ambush at Iga Pass
- 1958 Nuregami kenpo as Gennosuke Matsudaira
- 1959 The Lord and the Gambler
- 1959 Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
- 1959 Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
- 1959 The Princess Says No
- 1955 The Young Lord
- 1959 The Gaijin
- 1959 Snake Princess
- 1955 The Magical Warrior
- 1955 The Dancer and Two Warriors
- 1959 Ojo-kichiza
- 1956 Migratory Birds of the Flowers
- 1956 Matashirō Fighting Journey
- 1956 Fighting Birds
- 1956 Fighting Fire Fighter
- 1956 Flowery Hood
- 1956 Flowery Hood 2
- 1956 Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita
- 1956 Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
- 1960 The Song Lantern
- 1960 Bara daimyo
- 1959 Peony on the Skin
- 1959 Yutaro's Secret Story
- 1960 Scarred Yosaburo
- 1960 Mission Accomplished
- 1960 Yûrei koban
- 1960 Lord Tadanao
- 1961 Flowers of Chivalry
- 1961 Song of Sado
- 1961 Koina no Ginpei
- 1961 The Phantom Samurai
- 1961 Nuregami botan
- 1967 Exterminate the Young Boss!
- 1967 Young Boss, Fugitive
- 1962 Yôki na tono-sama
- 1967 Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
- 1962 The Actress and the Three Rascals
- 1962 Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
- 1958 Bakeneko Goyōda
- 1961 Tabiwa Oiroke
- 1961 Otemoyan
