Raizō Ichikawa
Acting • Born 1931-08-29 – Died 1969-07-17
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.
Filmography
159 credits
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Movie • 1962
Ishikawa Goemon
The Betrayal
Movie • 1966
Kobuse Takuma
An Actor's Revenge
Movie • 1963
Hirutaro
Taira Clan Saga
Movie • 1955
Taira Kiyomori
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Movie • 1963
Goemon Ishikawa
The Great Wall
Movie • 1962
Ching Ko
Destiny's Son
Movie • 1962
Takakura Shingo
A Lustful Man
Movie • 1961
Yonosuke
Ken
Movie • 1964
Jiro Kokubun
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
Movie • 1963
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
Movie • 1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
Movie • 1964
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
Movie • 1968
Nemuri Kyoshiro
A Certain Killer
Movie • 1967
Shiozawa
Sword Devil
Movie • 1965
Hanpei
Conflagration
Movie • 1958
Goichi Mizoguchi
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Movie • 1963
Yamasaki Susumu
Samurai Vendetta
Movie • 1959
Tenge Tanzen
The Broken Commandment
Movie • 1962
Ushimatsu Segawa
On the Road Forever
Movie • 1964
Ipponmatsu
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Movie • 1966
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
Movie • 1966
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
Movie • 1964
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
Movie • 1965
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
Movie • 1965
Nemuri Kyoshiro
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Movie • 1967
Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
Movie • 1964
Kirigakure Saizo
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
Movie • 1964
Saizo Kirigakure
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
Movie • 1967
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Lone Wolf Isazo
Movie • 1968
Isazo
The Third Shadow Warrior
Movie • 1963
Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Movie • 1963
Goemon Ishikawa
Bronze Magician
Movie • 1963
монах Докё
An Osaka Story
Movie • 1957
Keizaburo
The Princess Sen
Movie • 1954
Jirocho Fuji
Movie • 1959
Kira no Nikichi
Young Boss
Movie • 1965
Takeshi Nanjo
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
Movie • 1968
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
Movie • 1969
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Cut the Shadow
Movie • 1963
Enchanted Princess
Movie • 1959
Tanukichiro
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
Movie • 1960
Tsukue Ryunosuke
Satan's Sword
Movie • 1960
Ryunosuke Tsukue
Anchin and Kiyohime
Movie • 1960
Anchin
The Demon of Mount Oe
Movie • 1960
Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
The Gambler's Code
Movie • 1961
Kutsukake Tokijirô
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
Movie • 1961
Ryûnosuke Tsukue
Freelance Samurai
Movie • 1957
Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi
A Killer's Key
Movie • 1967
Nitta
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
Movie • 1956
Hyosuke Yagyu
Buddha
Movie • 1961
Kunala
Onatsu and Seijuro
Movie • 1954
Secret of Naruto
Movie • 1957
The Fencing Master
Movie • 1962
Shojiro Sawada
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Movie • 1958
Hôjô Tokimune
Bloody Shuriken
Movie • 1965
Ibuki
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Movie • 1958
Takuminokami Asano
Bonchi
Movie • 1960
Kikuji
The Gay Masquerade
Movie • 1958
Benten kozo Kikunosuke
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
Movie • 1960
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Movie • 1961
Suke-san
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Movie • 1956
Tatsuma Hayase
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Movie • 1955
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
Movie • 1965
Saizo Kumogakure
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
Movie • 1966
Kojiro Kasumi
The Great White Tiger Platoon
Movie • 1954
The Two Musashis
Movie • 1960
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
Movie • 1966
Saizo Kumogakure
Stop the Old Fox
Movie • 1959
Shinosuke Shimada
The School of Spies
Movie • 1966
Jiro Shiina
Assignment Dragon No. 3
Movie • 1967
Jiro Shiina
The Night before Pearl Harbor
Movie • 1968
Jiro Shiina
Assignment Cloud
Movie • 1966
Jiro Shiina
Secret Assignment
Movie • 1967
Jiro Shiina
Seven Miles to Nakayama
Movie • 1962
Masakichi
Sworn Brothers
Movie • 1969
Jokichi Sakurada
Young Boss: Prison Release
Movie • 1965
Takeshi Nanjo
Love of the Princess
Movie • 1957
Arisugawa
Asataro the Crow
Movie • 1956
Gonpachi
Movie • 1956
Gonpachirô Shiga
Flowery Brothers
Movie • 1956
A Thousand Flying Cranes
Movie • 1959
Hanjirô
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
Movie • 1963
Harima Aoyama
The Radiant Prince
Movie • 1961
Hikaru Genji
Her Hidden Past
Movie • 1962
Mondo Hayase
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Movie • 1961
Floating Vessel
Movie • 1957
Demonfire Palanquin
Movie • 1957
Inazuma Kaidō
Movie • 1957
Mangorō Tengu
Movie • 1957
Tokugawa Mangorō
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Movie • 1957
Fighting Letter for 29 People
Movie • 1957
Yataro’s Travel Hat
Movie • 1957
170 Leagues to Edo
Movie • 1962
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
Movie • 1962
Ken ni kakeru
Movie • 1962
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
Movie • 1963
Princess Tsuki
Movie • 1958
The Magnificent Five
Movie • 1958
Hanatarō Jumon
Movie • 1958
Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
Movie • 1958
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
Movie • 1958
The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
Movie • 1958
Megitsune Buro
Movie • 1958
The Swishing Sword
Movie • 1958
Shinpachiro Nasu
The Man Disappears Yesterday
Movie • 1964
The Gambling Samurai
Movie • 1964
New Tengu from Mount Kurama
Movie • 1965
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
Movie • 1965
Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
Movie • 1966
Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
Movie • 1966
The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
Movie • 1966
Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
Movie • 1954
The Young Swordsman
Movie • 1954
Thief and Magistrate
Movie • 1955
Iroha Elegy
Movie • 1955
The Second Son
Movie • 1955
The Magistrate
Movie • 1955
Nuregami kenpo
Movie • 1958
Gennosuke Matsudaira
Ambush at Iga Pass
Movie • 1958
Bakeneko goyō da
Movie • 1958
The Princess Says No
Movie • 1959
The Lord and the Gambler
Movie • 1959
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Movie • 1959
The Gaijin
Movie • 1959
Ojo-kichiza
Movie • 1959
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
Movie • 1959
Hebihime sama
Movie • 1959
The Dancer and Two Warriors
Movie • 1955
The Magical Warrior
Movie • 1955
The Young Lord
Movie • 1955
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
Movie • 1956
Matashirō Fighting Journey
Movie • 1956
Fighting Birds
Movie • 1956
Fighting Fire Fighter
Movie • 1956
Flowery Hood 2
Movie • 1956
Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita
Movie • 1956
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
Movie • 1956
Flowery Hood
Movie • 1956
Peony on the Skin
Movie • 1959
Yutaro kodan
Movie • 1959
Mission Accomplished
Movie • 1960
Yûrei koban
Movie • 1960
The Song Lantern
Movie • 1960
Scarred Yosaburo
Movie • 1960
Lord Tadanao
Movie • 1960
Bara daimyo
Movie • 1960
Nuregami botan
Movie • 1961
Song of Sado
Movie • 1961
Flowers of Chivalry
Movie • 1961
The Phantom Samurai
Movie • 1961
Koina no Ginpei
Movie • 1961
Exterminate the Young Boss!
Movie • 1967
Young Boss, Fugitive
Movie • 1967
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
Movie • 1967
The Actress and the Three Rascals
Movie • 1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Movie • 1962
Yôki na tono-sama
Movie • 1962
Bakeneko Goyōda
Movie • 1958