Raizō Ichikawa
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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
Movie
An Actor's Revenge
as Hirutaro
1963
Movie
Taira Clan Saga
as Taira Kiyomori
1955
Movie
Conflagration
as Goichi Mizoguchi
1958
Movie
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Ishikawa Goemon
1962
Movie
Secret of Naruto
1957
Movie
Destiny's Son
as Takakura Shingo
1962
Movie
The Betrayal
as Kobuse Takuma
1966
Movie
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
as Kirigakure Saizo
1964
Movie
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Goemon Ishikawa
1963
Movie
A Certain Killer
as Shiozawa
1967
Movie
Samurai Vendetta
as Tenge Tanzen
1959
Movie
Ken
as Jiro Kokubun
1964
Movie
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964
Movie
Sword Devil
as Hanpei
1965
Movie
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Saizo Kirigakure
1964
Movie
The Third Shadow Warrior
as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
1963
Movie
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as Goemon Ishikawa
1963
Movie
The Demon of Mount Oe
as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
1960
Movie
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1963
Movie
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964
Movie
Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Yamasaki Susumu
1963
Movie
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
1967
Movie
Satan's Sword
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
1960
Movie
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
as Saizo Kumogakure
1965