Raizō Ichikawa
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1931-08-29 – 1969-07-17
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
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962Ishikawa Goemon
The Betrayal
1966Kobuse Takuma
An Actor's Revenge
1963Hirutaro
Taira Clan Saga
1955Taira Kiyomori
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963Goemon Ishikawa
The Great Wall
1962Ching Ko
Destiny's Son
1962Takakura Shingo
A Lustful Man
1961Yonosuke
Ken
1964Jiro Kokubun
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
1963Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
1964Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968Nemuri Kyoshiro
A Certain Killer
1967Shiozawa
Sword Devil
1965Hanpei
Conflagration
1958Goichi Mizoguchi
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963Yamasaki Susumu
Samurai Vendetta
1959Tenge Tanzen
The Broken Commandment
1962Ushimatsu Segawa