Raizō Ichikawa
Acting
Born 1931-08-29 · Kyoto, Japan
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
The Gay Masquerade
1958 · Movie
Ken
1964 · Movie
Secret Assignment
1967 · Movie
Lord Tadanao
1960 · Movie
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968 · Movie
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
1963 · Movie
Sworn Brothers
1969 · Movie
Bloody Shuriken
1965 · Movie
Samurai Vendetta
1959 · Movie
Buddha
1961 · Movie
Young Boss, Fugitive
1967 · Movie
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955 · Movie
The Phantom Samurai
1961 · Movie
Floating Vessel
1957 · Movie
Flowers of Chivalry
1961 · Movie
The Lord and the Gambler
1959 · Movie
Ojo-kichiza
1959 · Movie
Song of Sado
1961 · Movie
A Killer's Key
1967 · Movie
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961 · Movie
Scarred Yosaburo
1960 · Movie
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957 · Movie
The Song Lantern
1960 · Movie
Snake Princess
1959 · Movie
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963 · Movie
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967 · Movie
170 Leagues to Edo
1962 · Movie
Love of the Princess
1957 · Movie
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959 · Movie
Bonchi
1960 · Movie
Jirocho Fuji
1959 · Movie
Cut the Shadow
1963 · Movie
Yutaro's Secret Story
1959 · Movie
The Swishing Sword
1958 · Movie
Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967 · Movie
Nuregami kenpo
1958 · Movie
The Radiant Prince
1961 · Movie
Young Boss
1965 · Movie
Flowery Brothers
1956 · Movie
Gonpachi
1956 · Movie
Tabiwa Oiroke
1961 · Movie
Thief and Magistrate
1955 · Movie
On the Road Forever
1964 · Movie
The Young Swordsman
1954 · Movie
The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
1966 · Movie
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954 · Movie
The Man Disappears Yesterday
1964 · Movie
Ken ni kakeru
1962 · Movie
Fighting Birds
1956 · Movie
Princess Tsuki
1958 · Movie
Mission Accomplished
1960 · Movie
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957 · Movie
The Gambling Samurai
1964 · Movie
Peony on the Skin
1959 · Movie
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962 · Movie
Yôki na tono-sama
1962 · Movie
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962 · Movie
Demonfire Palanquin
1957 · Movie
Yûrei koban
1960 · Movie
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956 · Movie