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