Raizō Ichikawa

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

Buddha

An Actor's Revenge

Sword Devil

Samurai Vendetta

Ken

Taira Clan Saga

Shinsengumi Chronicles

Conflagration

All Movies (160)

• Sworn Brothers1969 · as Jokichi Sakurada
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie1969 · as Nemuri Kyoshiro
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair1968 · as Nemuri Kyoshiro
• Lone Wolf Isazo1968 · as Isazo
• The Night before Pearl Harbor1968 · as Jiro Shiina
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman1968 · as Nemuri Kyoshiro
• Young Boss: Leader's Flesh1967
• A Killer's Key1967 · as Nitta
• The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka1967 · as Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
• Young Boss, Fugitive1967
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps1967 · as Nemuri Kyoshiro
• Secret Assignment1967 · as Jiro Shiina
• A Certain Killer1967 · as Shiozawa
• Exterminate the Young Boss!1967
• Assignment Dragon No. 31967 · as Jiro Shiina
• Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies1966 · as Kojiro Kasumi
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy1966 · as Nemuri Kyoshiro
• Assignment Cloud1966 · as Jiro Shiina
• The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit1966
• The Betrayal1966 · as Kobuse Takuma
• The School of Spies1966 · as Jiro Shiina
• Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity1966
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess1966 · as Nemuri Kyoshiro
• Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back1966 · as Saizo Kumogakure
• Young Boss: Invitation to Fight1966
• New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel1965
• Sword Devil1965 · as Hanpei
• New Tengu from Mount Kurama1965
• Young Boss: Prison Release1965 · as Takeshi Nanjo
• Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy1965 · as Saizo Kumogakure
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan1965 · as Nemuri Kyoshiro
• Young Boss1965 · as Takeshi Nanjo
• Bloody Shuriken1965 · as Ibuki
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire1965 · as Nemuri Kyoshiro
• Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo1964 · as Kirigakure Saizo
• The Gambling Samurai1964
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction1964 · as Nemuri Kyoshiro
• On the Road Forever1964 · as Ipponmatsu
• Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege1964 · as Saizo Kirigakure
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing1964 · as Nemuri Kyoshiro
• The Man Disappears Yesterday1964
• Ken1964 · as Jiro Kokubun
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure1964
• Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection1963 · as Goemon Ishikawa
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade1963 · as Nemuri Kyoshiro
• Bronze Magician1963 · as монах Докё
• Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance1963 · as Goemon Ishikawa
• The Confusing Journey of Jirocho1963
• A Samurai Never Tells a Lie1963 · as Harima Aoyama
• The Third Shadow Warrior1963 · as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
• Cut the Shadow1963
• An Actor's Revenge1963 · as Hirutaro
• Shinsengumi Chronicles1963 · as Yamasaki Susumu
• Yôki na tono-sama1962
• Ninja, A Band of Assassins1962 · as Ishikawa Goemon
• The Great Wall1962 · as Ching Ko
• The Fencing Master1962 · as Shojiro Sawada
• Ken ni kakeru1962
• Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven1962
• 170 Leagues to Edo1962
• Destiny's Son1962 · as Takakura Shingo
• Seven Miles to Nakayama1962 · as Masakichi
• Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo1962
• The Broken Commandment1962 · as Ushimatsu Segawa
• Her Hidden Past1962 · as Mondo Hayase
• The Actress and the Three Rascals1962
• Flowers of Chivalry1961
• The Phantom Samurai1961
• Buddha1961 · as Kunala
• The Radiant Prince1961 · as Hikaru Genji
• Koina no Ginpei1961
• Song of Sado1961
• Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo1961 · as Suke-san
• The Gambler's Code1961 · as Kutsukake Tokijirô
• Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter1961 · as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
• Otemoyan1961
• Tabiwa Oiroke1961
• A Lustful Man1961 · as Yonosuke
• Nuregami botan1961
• Vagabonds from Badgerville1961
• Satan's Sword: The Dragon God1960 · as Tsukue Ryunosuke
• Bara daimyo1960
• Lord Tadanao1960
• Satan's Sword1960 · as Ryunosuke Tsukue
• Anchin and Kiyohime1960 · as Anchin
• Scarred Yosaburo1960
• Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous1960
• The Song Lantern1960
• The Demon of Mount Oe1960 · as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
• Bonchi1960 · as Kikuji
• Yûrei koban1960
• Mission Accomplished1960
• The Two Musashis1960
• Enchanted Princess1959 · as Tanukichiro
• The Princess Says No1959
• Samurai Vendetta1959 · as Tenge Tanzen
• Stop the Old Fox1959 · as Shinosuke Shimada
• The Lord and the Gambler1959
• Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord1959
• Jirocho Fuji1959 · as Kira no Nikichi
• A Thousand Flying Cranes1959 · as Hanjirô
• The Gaijin1959
• Ojo-kichiza1959
• Lord Nobunaga's Early Days1959
• Snake Princess1959
• Yutaro's Secret Story1959
• Peony on the Skin1959
• Bakeneko Goyōda1958
• The Gay Masquerade1958 · as Benten kozo Kikunosuke
• Ambush at Iga Pass1958
• Nuregami kenpo1958 · as Gennosuke Matsudaira
• Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion1958 · as Hôjô Tokimune
• Conflagration1958 · as Goichi Mizoguchi
• The Swishing Sword1958 · as Shinpachiro Nasu
• Megitsune Buro1958
• The 7th Secret Agent to Edo1958
• Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko1958
• Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase1958
• The Loyal 47 Ronin1958 · as Takuminokami Asano
• Hanatarō Jumon1958
• The Magnificent Five1958
• Princess Tsuki1958
• Freelance Samurai1957 · as Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi
• Demonfire Palanquin1957
• Secret of Naruto1957
• Inazuma Kaidō1957
• Mangorō Tengu1957 · as Tokugawa Mangorō
• Yataro’s Travel Hat1957
• Fighting Letter for 29 People1957
• Floating Vessel1957
• Love of the Princess1957 · as Arisugawa
• An Osaka Story1957 · as Keizaburo
• Daiei Studio is Bustling1957
• Gonpachi1956 · as Gonpachirô Shiga
• Fighting Fire Fighter1956
• Flowery Hood 21956
• Tsukigata Hanpeita1956 · as Tatsuma Hayase
• Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita1956
• Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin1956
• Flowery Hood1956
• Flowery Brothers1956
• Fighting Birds1956
• Asataro the Crow1956
• Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan1956 · as Hyosuke Yagyu
• Matashirō Fighting Journey1956
• Migratory Birds of the Flowers1956
• Thief and Magistrate1955
• Iroha Elegy1955
• Taira Clan Saga1955 · as Taira Kiyomori
• The Magical Warrior1955
• The Dancer and Two Warriors1955
• A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love1955
• The Young Lord1955
• The Magistrate1955
• The Second Son1955
• The Young Swordsman1954
• Onatsu and Seijuro1954
• The Princess Sen1954 · as Hideyori Toyotomi
• Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord1954
• The Great White Tiger Platoon1954