Raizō Ichikawa
Acting
Biography
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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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As actor 160
The Two Musashis
1960
Flowery Brothers
1956
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
The Princess Sen
1954
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957
An Osaka Story
1957
Buddha
1961
Bronze Magician
1963
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
Asataro the Crow
1956
Freelance Samurai
1957
Taira Clan Saga
1955
Conflagration
1958
Gonpachi
1956
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
Jirocho Fuji
1959
The Betrayal
1966
Young Boss: Prison Release
1965
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964
Bonchi
1960
A Killer's Key
1967
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963
A Lustful Man
1961
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
1969
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964
A Certain Killer
1967
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
1960
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
The Radiant Prince
1961
Enchanted Princess
1959
The Great Wall
1962
The Young Swordsman
1954
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
1963
Samurai Vendetta
1959
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
The Broken Commandment
1962
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Satan's Sword
1960
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
Sword Devil
1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
1963
The Magnificent Five
1958
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
1964
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
1961
The Man Disappears Yesterday
1964
The Fencing Master
1962
Secret of Naruto
1957
Stop the Old Fox
1959
On the Road Forever
1964
Ken ni kakeru
1962
The School of Spies
1966
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
Young Boss, Fugitive
1967
Destiny's Son
1962
Nuregami botan
1961
Song of Sado
1961
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963
Koina no Ginpei
1961
The Gambler's Code
1961
The Gaijin
1959
Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
1958
The Phantom Samurai
1961
Lone Wolf Isazo
1968
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967
Mission Accomplished
1960
New Tengu from Mount Kurama
1965
Her Hidden Past
1962
Sworn Brothers
1969
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
1966
Anchin and Kiyohime
1960
Lord Tadanao
1960
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
1968
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
The Gambling Samurai
1964
A Thousand Flying Cranes
1959
Floating Vessel
1957
Ken
1964
Fighting Birds
1956
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
The Gay Masquerade
1958
Thief and Magistrate
1955
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1965
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
1965
Bloody Shuriken
1965
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
Onatsu and Seijuro
1954
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
1966
Assignment Cloud
1966
Yutaro's Secret Story
1959
Iroha Elegy
1955
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962
Secret Assignment
1967
The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
1966
The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954
The Second Son
1955
Princess Tsuki
1958
Assignment Dragon No. 3
1967
The Swishing Sword
1958
The Song Lantern
1960
Cut the Shadow
1963
Flowery Hood
1956
Tabiwa Oiroke
1961
Seven Miles to Nakayama
1962
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
1956
Ojo-kichiza
1959
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
Love of the Princess
1957
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
Otemoyan
1961
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
1966
Young Boss
1965
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Snake Princess
1959
Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967
Ambush at Iga Pass
1958
Flowers of Chivalry
1961
The Magistrate
1955
Megitsune Buro
1958
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
1961
Fighting Fire Fighter
1956
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
1959
Demonfire Palanquin
1957
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
The Young Lord
1955
Mangorō Tengu
1957
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966
Nuregami kenpo
1958
Peony on the Skin
1959
Flowery Hood 2
1956
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
The Princess Says No
1959
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
Bakeneko Goyōda
1958
Inazuma Kaidō
1957
Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita
1956
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1956
Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
1966
Yûrei koban
1960
Hanatarō Jumon
1958
The Magical Warrior
1955
Bara daimyo
1960
170 Leagues to Edo
1962
The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
1958