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.

Raizō Ichikawa

Biography

Best known for:

Filmography:

Taira Clan Saga (1955)

Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956)

Gonpachi (1956)

An Osaka Story (1957)

Freelance Samurai (1957)

Love of the Princess (1957)

Mangorō Tengu (1957)

Conflagration (1958)

The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958)

The Swishing Sword (1958)

Nuregami kenpo (1958)

Samurai Vendetta (1959)

Jirocho Fuji (1959)

Enchanted Princess (1959)

Stop the Old Fox (1959)

A Thousand Flying Cranes (1959)

Satan's Sword (1960)

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God (1960)

The Demon of Mount Oe (1960)

The Priest and the Beauty (1960)

Bonchi (1960)

A Lustful Man (1961)

The Gambler's Code (1961)

Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter (1961)

Buddha (1961)

Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo (1961)

The Radiant Prince (1961)

Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962)

The Great Wall (1962)

Destiny's Son (1962)

The Broken Commandment (1962)

The Fencing Master (1962)

Seven Miles to Nakayama (1962)

Her Hidden Past (1962)

An Actor's Revenge (1963)

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (1963)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade (1963)

Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)

The Third Shadow Warrior (1963)

Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection (1963)

Bronze Magician (1963)

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (1963)

Ken (1964)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing (1964)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (1964)

On the Road Forever (1964)

Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo (1964)

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege (1964)

Sword Devil (1965)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire (1965)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan (1965)

Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy (1965)

Young Boss (1965)

Bloody Shuriken (1965)

Young Boss: Prison Release (1965)

The Betrayal (1966)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy (1966)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess (1966)

Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies (1966)

Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back (1966)

The School of Spies (1966)

Assignment Cloud (1966)

A Certain Killer (1967)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps (1967)

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)

A Killer's Key (1967)

Assignment Dragon No. 3 (1967)

Secret Assignment (1967)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman (1968)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair (1968)

Lone Wolf Isazo (1968)

The Night before Pearl Harbor (1968)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie (1969)

Sworn Brothers (1969)