Raizō Ichikawa
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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Acting History
1969
Sworn Brothers as Jokichi Sakurada
1969Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1968Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1968Lone Wolf Isazo as Isazo
1968The Night before Pearl Harbor as Jiro Shiina
1968Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1967Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967A Killer's Key as Nitta
1967The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka as Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
1967Young Boss, Fugitive
1967Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1967Secret Assignment as Jiro Shiina
1967A Certain Killer as Shiozawa
1967Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967Assignment Dragon No. 3 as Jiro Shiina
1966Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies as Kojiro Kasumi
1966Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1966Assignment Cloud as Jiro Shiina
1966The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
1966The Betrayal as Kobuse Takuma
1966The School of Spies as Jiro Shiina
1966Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
1966Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1966Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back as Saizo Kumogakure
1966Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1965New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1965Sword Devil as Hanpei
1965New Tengu from Mount Kurama
1965Young Boss: Prison Release as Takeshi Nanjo
1965Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy as Saizo Kumogakure
1965Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1965Young Boss as Takeshi Nanjo
1965Bloody Shuriken as Ibuki
1965Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo as Kirigakure Saizo
1964The Gambling Samurai
1964Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964On the Road Forever as Ipponmatsu
1964Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege as Saizo Kirigakure
1964Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964The Man Disappears Yesterday
1964Ken as Jiro Kokubun
1964Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1963Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection as Goemon Ishikawa
1963Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1963Bronze Magician as монах Докё
1963Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance as Goemon Ishikawa
1963The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963A Samurai Never Tells a Lie as Harima Aoyama
1963The Third Shadow Warrior as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
1963Cut the Shadow
1963An Actor's Revenge as Hirutaro
1963Shinsengumi Chronicles as Yamasaki Susumu
1962Yôki na tono-sama
1962Ninja, A Band of Assassins as Ishikawa Goemon
1962The Great Wall as Ching Ko
1962The Fencing Master as Shojiro Sawada
1962Ken ni kakeru
1962Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962170 Leagues to Edo
1962Destiny's Son as Takakura Shingo
1962Seven Miles to Nakayama as Masakichi
1962Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962The Broken Commandment as Ushimatsu Segawa
1962Her Hidden Past as Mondo Hayase
1962The Actress and the Three Rascals
1961Flowers of Chivalry
1961The Phantom Samurai
1961Buddha as Kunala
1961The Radiant Prince as Hikaru Genji
1961Koina no Ginpei
1961Song of Sado
1961Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo as Suke-san
1961The Gambler's Code as Kutsukake Tokijirô
1961Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
1961A Lustful Man as Yonosuke
1961Nuregami botan
1961Vagabonds from Badgerville
1960Satan's Sword: The Dragon God as Tsukue Ryunosuke
1960Bara daimyo
1960Lord Tadanao
1960Satan's Sword as Ryunosuke Tsukue
1960The Priest and the Beauty as Anchin
1960Scarred Yosaburo
1960Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960The Song Lantern
1960The Demon of Mount Oe as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
1960Bonchi as Kikuji
1960Yûrei koban
1960Mission Accomplished
1960The Two Musashis
1959Enchanted Princess as Tanukichiro
1959The Princess Says No
1959Samurai Vendetta as Tenge Tanzen
1959Stop the Old Fox as Shinosuke Shimada
1959The Lord and the Gambler
1959Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959Jirocho Fuji as Kira no Nikichi
1959A Thousand Flying Cranes as Hanjirô
1959The Gaijin
1959Ojo-kichiza
1959Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
1959Hebihime sama
1959Yutaro kodan
1959Peony on the Skin
1958Bakeneko goyō da
1958Bakeneko Goyōda
1958The Gay Masquerade as Benten kozo Kikunosuke
1958Ambush at Iga Pass
1958Nuregami kenpo as Gennosuke Matsudaira
1958Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion as Hôjô Tokimune
1958Conflagration as Goichi Mizoguchi
1958The Swishing Sword as Shinpachiro Nasu
1958Megitsune Buro
1958The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
1958Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
1958The Loyal 47 Ronin as Takuminokami Asano
1958Hanatarō Jumon
1958The Magnificent Five
1958Princess Tsuki
1957Freelance Samurai as Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi
1957Demonfire Palanquin
1957Secret of Naruto
1957Inazuma Kaidō
1957Mangorō Tengu as Tokugawa Mangorō
1957Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957Floating Vessel
1957Love of the Princess as Arisugawa
1957An Osaka Story as Keizaburo
1957Daiei Studio is Bustling
1956Gonpachi as Gonpachirô Shiga
1956Fighting Fire Fighter
1956Flowery Hood 2
1956Tsukigata Hanpeita as Tatsuma Hayase
1956Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita
1956Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956Flowery Hood
1956Flowery Brothers
1956Fighting Birds
1956Asataro the Crow
1956Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan as Hyosuke Yagyu
1956Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1955Thief and Magistrate
1955Iroha Elegy
1955Taira Clan Saga as Taira Kiyomori
1955The Magical Warrior
1955The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955The Young Lord
1955The Magistrate
1955The Second Son
1954The Young Swordsman
1954Onatsu and Seijuro
1954The Princess Sen
1954Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954The Great White Tiger Platoon