Raizō Ichikawa
Department: Acting
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Raizō Ichikawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
The Betrayal
1966
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Taira Clan Saga
1955
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
The Great Wall
1962
Destiny's Son
1962
A Lustful Man
1961
Ken
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
1963
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968
A Certain Killer
1967
Sword Devil
1965
Conflagration
1958
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963
Samurai Vendetta
1959
The Broken Commandment
1962
On the Road Forever
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
1965
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967
Lone Wolf Isazo
1968
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
Bronze Magician
1963
An Osaka Story
1957
The Princess Sen
1954
Jirocho Fuji
1959
Young Boss
1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
1968
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
1969
Cut the Shadow
1963
Enchanted Princess
1959
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
1960
Satan's Sword
1960
Anchin and Kiyohime
1960
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960
The Gambler's Code
1961
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
1961
Freelance Samurai
1957
A Killer's Key
1967
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
1956
Buddha
1961
Onatsu and Seijuro
1954
Secret of Naruto
1957
The Fencing Master
1962
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
Bloody Shuriken
1965
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Bonchi
1960
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
The Gay Masquerade
1958
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
1961
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966
The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954
The Two Musashis
1960
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
1966
Stop the Old Fox
1959
The School of Spies
1966
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968
Assignment Dragon No. 3
1967
Assignment Cloud
1966
Secret Assignment
1967
Seven Miles to Nakayama
1962
Sworn Brothers
1969
Young Boss: Prison Release
1965
Love of the Princess
1957
Gonpachi
1956
Flowery Brothers
1956
Asataro the Crow
1956
A Thousand Flying Cranes
1959
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
1963
The Radiant Prince
1961
Her Hidden Past
1962
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
Floating Vessel
1957
Inazuma Kaidō
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Demonfire Palanquin
1957
Mangorō Tengu
1957
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963
Hanatarō Jumon
1958
170 Leagues to Edo
1962
The Man Disappears Yesterday
1964
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
Ken ni kakeru
1962
The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
1958
Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
1958
The Swishing Sword
1958
Princess Tsuki
1958
The Magnificent Five
1958
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
The Gambling Samurai
1964
Megitsune Buro
1958
Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966
Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
1966
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1965
The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
1966
Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
The Young Swordsman
1954
Thief and Magistrate
1955
New Tengu from Mount Kurama
1965
Iroha Elegy
1955
The Second Son
1955
The Magistrate
1955
Nuregami kenpo
1958
Bakeneko goyō da
1958
Ambush at Iga Pass
1958
The Princess Says No
1959
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
Hebihime sama
1959
Ojo-kichiza
1959
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
1959
The Gaijin
1959
The Magical Warrior
1955
The Young Lord
1955
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita
1956
Flowery Hood
1956
Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956
Fighting Fire Fighter
1956
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
Fighting Birds
1956
Flowery Hood 2
1956
Yutaro kodan
1959
The Song Lantern
1960
Peony on the Skin
1959
Mission Accomplished
1960
Yûrei koban
1960
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Lord Tadanao
1960
Bara daimyo
1960
The Phantom Samurai
1961
Flowers of Chivalry
1961
Koina no Ginpei
1961
Nuregami botan
1961
Song of Sado
1961
Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
Young Boss, Fugitive
1967
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
Bakeneko Goyōda
1958
Tabiwa Oiroke
1961
Otemoyan
1961