Raizō Ichikawa
Born: 1931-08-29
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Raizō Ichikawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956★ 7.0
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965★ 6.3
An Actor's Revenge
1963★ 6.6
Megitsune Buro
1958★ 0.0
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963★ 6.8
A Certain Killer
1967★ 6.7
The Great Wall
1962★ 6.0
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958★ 6.0
Buddha
1961★ 0.0
The Man Disappears Yesterday
1964★ 0.0
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955★ 5.0
Ojo-kichiza
1959★ 0.0
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958★ 0.0
A Lustful Man
1961★ 5.4
Yûrei koban
1960★ 0.0
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963★ 7.1
Taira Clan Saga
1955★ 6.8
The Young Swordsman
1954★ 0.0
Yôki na tono-sama
1962★ 0.0
Conflagration
1958★ 7.1
The School of Spies
1966★ 6.5
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964★ 5.4
The Broken Commandment
1962★ 6.6
Secret of Naruto
1957★ 6.9
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964★ 5.5
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
1960★ 6.6
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964★ 6.2
The Swishing Sword
1958★ 0.0
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960★ 6.2
Anchin and Kiyohime
1960★ 3.0
The Phantom Samurai
1961★ 0.0
Satan's Sword
1960★ 6.6
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965★ 6.2
Sword Devil
1965★ 6.1
Lone Wolf Isazo
1968★ 6.8
Destiny's Son
1962★ 6.6
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962★ 0.0
The Fencing Master
1962★ 5.5
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955★ 0.0
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
1966★ 6.5
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
1966★ 6.3
Ken
1964★ 7.8
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1965★ 5.0
The Gaijin
1959★ 0.0
Stop the Old Fox
1959★ 5.0
Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
1958★ 0.0
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962★ 6.2
Bakeneko goyō da
1958★ 0.0
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959★ 6.0
Love of the Princess
1957★ 0.0
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
1961★ 7.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
1969★ 4.9
The Betrayal
1966★ 6.3
The Gambler's Code
1961★ 6.5
The Magnificent Five
1958★ 0.0
Seven Miles to Nakayama
1962★ 6.3
Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956★ 0.0
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963★ 6.5
The Princess Says No
1959★ 0.0
On the Road Forever
1964★ 0.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
1968★ 6.4
Secret Assignment
1967★ 10.0
Young Boss
1965★ 7.0
Flowers of Chivalry
1961★ 0.0
A Killer's Key
1967★ 7.5
The Second Son
1955★ 0.0
Princess Tsuki
1958★ 0.0
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957★ 0.0
Enchanted Princess
1959★ 6.2
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957★ 0.0
Demonfire Palanquin
1957★ 0.0
New Tengu from Mount Kurama
1965★ 0.0
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967★ 6.2
Thief and Magistrate
1955★ 0.0
Ken ni kakeru
1962★ 0.0
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964★ 6.7
Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954★ 0.0
The Gambling Samurai
1964★ 0.0
Ambush at Iga Pass
1958★ 5.0
Bara daimyo
1960★ 0.0
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963★ 7.0
The Song Lantern
1960★ 0.0
Lord Tadanao
1960★ 9.8
Cut the Shadow
1963★ 0.0
Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966★ 0.0
Bonchi
1960★ 7.0
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968★ 10.0
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966★ 6.3
The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
1958★ 0.0
Assignment Cloud
1966★ 2.0
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958★ 0.0
Young Boss, Fugitive
1967★ 0.0
Inazuma Kaidō
1957★ 0.0
Floating Vessel
1957★ 0.0
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957★ 0.0
The Magical Warrior
1955★ 0.0
Hebihime sama
1959★ 0.0
A Thousand Flying Cranes
1959★ 0.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
1966★ 5.8
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962★ 0.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
1963★ 5.2
Yutaro kodan
1959★ 0.0
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962★ 0.0
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
1959★ 6.3
Assignment Dragon No. 3
1967★ 7.0
Bloody Shuriken
1965★ 7.3
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961★ 7.0
Sworn Brothers
1969★ 8.3
170 Leagues to Edo
1962★ 0.0
Fighting Birds
1956★ 0.0
Flowery Hood
1956★ 0.0
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
1963★ 10.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968★ 6.5
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956★ 0.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
1964★ 6.0
An Osaka Story
1957★ 5.4
Mission Accomplished
1960★ 0.0
Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967★ 0.0
The Radiant Prince
1961★ 6.0
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
1961★ 5.2
Iroha Elegy
1955★ 0.0
Peony on the Skin
1959★ 0.0
Hanatarō Jumon
1958★ 0.0
Koina no Ginpei
1961★ 0.0
The Magistrate
1955★ 0.0
Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
1966★ 0.0
Nuregami kenpo
1958★ 0.0
Mangorō Tengu
1957★ 0.0
The Princess Sen
1954★ 5.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
1965★ 6.2
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963★ 0.0
Bakeneko Goyōda
1958★ 0.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967★ 6.0
Her Hidden Past
1962★ 7.0
Flowery Hood 2
1956★ 0.0
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967★ 0.0
The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
1966★ 0.0
Jirocho Fuji
1959★ 6.8
Flowery Brothers
1956★ 0.0
Nuregami botan
1961★ 0.0
Song of Sado
1961★ 0.0
Bronze Magician
1963★ 6.9
Freelance Samurai
1957★ 5.4
Samurai Vendetta
1959★ 7.2
Scarred Yosaburo
1960★ 0.0
The Lord and the Gambler
1959★ 0.0
Gonpachi
1956★ 0.0
Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita
1956★ 0.0
The Two Musashis
1960★ 5.3
Young Boss: Prison Release
1965★ 3.8