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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 Raizô Ichikawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Aug 29, 1931 In Kyoto, Japan
Movie/TV Credits:
155
First Appeared:
In the movie The Great White Tiger Platoon 1954-08-25
Latest Project:
Movie Sworn Brothers 1969-02-22
Known For
Poster of Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Poster of Floating Vessel
Poster of Love of the Princess
Poster of Tsukigata Hanpeita
Filmography
Movie Sworn Brothers Jokichi Sakurada 1969-02-22
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie Nemuri Kyoshiro 1969-01-11
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman Nemuri Kyoshiro 1968-01-13
Movie The Night before Pearl Harbor Jiro Shiina 1968-03-09
Movie Lone Wolf Isazo Isazo 1968-04-19
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair Nemuri Kyoshiro 1968-05-01
Movie A Certain Killer Shiozawa 1967-04-29
Movie Exterminate the Young Boss! 1967-02-11
Movie Assignment Dragon No. 3 Jiro Shiina 1967-01-03
Movie Secret Assignment Jiro Shiina 1967-06-17
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps Nemuri Kyoshiro 1967-07-15
Movie The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka 1967-10-28
Movie A Killer's Key Nitta 1967-12-02
Movie Young Boss, Fugitive 1967-08-12
Movie Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity 1966-05-03
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess Nemuri Kyoshiro 1966-03-12
Movie Young Boss: Invitation to Fight 1966-01-01
Movie The School of Spies Jiro Shiina 1966-06-04
Movie Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back Saizo Kumogakure 1966-02-12
Movie The Betrayal Kobuse Takuma 1966-07-02
Movie Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies Kojiro Kasumi 1966-12-10
Movie Assignment Cloud Jiro Shiina 1966-09-17
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy Nemuri Kyoshiro 1966-11-09
Movie The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit 1966-09-03
Movie Young Boss Takeshi Nanjo 1965-03-13
Movie Bloody Shuriken Ibuki 1965-02-20
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire Nemuri Kyoshiro 1965-01-12
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan Nemuri Kyoshiro 1965-04-30
Movie Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy Saizo Kumogakure 1965-06-12
Movie 新 鞍馬天狗 五條坂の決闘 1965-11-27
Movie New Tengu from Mount Kurama 1965-09-18
Movie Sword Devil Hanpei 1965-10-16
Movie Young Boss: Prison Release Takeshi Nanjo 1965-08-14
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing Nemuri Kyoshiro 1964-05-23
Movie The Man Disappears Yesterday 1964-04-18
Movie Ken Jiro Kokubun 1964-03-14
Movie Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege Saizo Kirigakure 1964-07-10
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure 1964-01-09
Movie On the Road Forever Ipponmatsu 1964-08-08
Movie The Gambling Samurai 1964-11-14
Movie Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo Kirigakure Saizo 1964-12-30
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction Nemuri Kyoshiro 1964-10-17
Movie Cut the Shadow 1963-03-01
Movie An Actor's Revenge Hirutaro 1963-01-13
Movie Shinsengumi Chronicles Yamasaki Susumu 1963-01-03
Movie The Third Shadow Warrior Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto 1963-04-21
Movie A Samurai Never Tells a Lie Harima Aoyama 1963-05-29
Movie Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection Goemon Ishikawa 1963-12-28
Movie Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade Nemuri Kyoshiro 1963-11-02
Movie Bronze Magician монах Докё 1963-10-05
Movie The Confusing Journey of Jirocho 1963-06-30
Movie Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance Goemon Ishikawa 1963-08-06
Movie Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo 1962-05-12
Movie Destiny's Son Takakura Shingo 1962-07-01
Movie The Actress and the Three Rascals 1962-01-03
Movie 170 Leagues to Edo 1962-07-29
Movie Her Hidden Past Mondo Hayase 1962-02-21
Movie The Broken Commandment Ushimatsu Segawa 1962-04-06
Movie Seven Miles to Nakayama Masakichi 1962-05-27
Movie Ninja, A Band of Assassins Ishikawa Goemon 1962-12-01
Movie Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven 1962-08-12
Movie The Great Wall Ching Ko 1962-11-01
Movie Yôki na tono-sama 1962-12-15
Movie The Fencing Master Shojiro Sawada 1962-09-30
Movie Ken ni kakeru 1962-09-16
Movie Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter Ryûnosuke Tsukue 1961-05-17
Movie The Gambler's Code Kutsukake Tokijirô 1961-06-14
Movie Nuregami botan 1961-02-08
Movie Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo Suke-san 1961-07-12
Movie Vagabonds from Badgerville 1961-01-03
Movie A Lustful Man Yonosuke 1961-03-21
Movie Song of Sado 1961-07-19
Movie Koina no Ginpei 1961-08-27
Movie Flowers of Chivalry 1961-12-27
Movie The Phantom Samurai 1961-11-19
Movie Buddha Kunala 1961-10-31
Movie The Radiant Prince Hikaru Genji 1961-10-14
Movie Bonchi Kikuji 1960-04-14
Movie The Demon of Mount Oe Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô 1960-04-27
Movie Yûrei koban 1960-04-06
Movie The Song Lantern 1960-05-18
Movie The Two Musashis 1960-01-03
Movie Mission Accomplished 1960-02-17
Movie Satan's Sword: The Dragon God Tsukue Ryunosuke 1960-12-27
Movie Lord Tadanao 1960-11-22
Movie Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous 1960-06-01
Movie Satan's Sword Ryunosuke Tsukue 1960-10-18
Movie Bara daimyo 1960-12-07
Movie The Priest and the Beauty Anchin 1960-08-09
Movie Scarred Yosaburo 1960-07-10
Movie Ojo-kichiza 1959-04-21
Movie The Gaijin 1959-05-01
Movie Lord Nobunaga's Early Days 1959-03-17
Movie Yutaro kodan 1959-01-14
Movie A Thousand Flying Cranes Hanjirô 1959-05-20
Movie Hebihime sama 1959-02-25
Movie Peony on the Skin 1959-01-03
Movie The Princess Says No 1959-12-08
Movie Jirocho Fuji Kira no Nikichi 1959-06-03
Movie Samurai Vendetta Tenge Tanzen 1959-11-22
Movie Enchanted Princess Tanukichiro 1959-12-27
Movie Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord 1959-07-12
Movie The Lord and the Gambler 1959-08-01
Movie Stop the Old Fox Shinosuke Shimada 1959-09-27
Movie Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase 1958-04-16
Movie Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko 1958-04-29
Movie The Loyal 47 Ronin Takuminokami Asano 1958-04-01
Movie The Magnificent Five 1958-01-15
Movie The 7th Secret Agent to Edo 1958-06-10
Movie Princess Tsuki 1958-01-09
Movie Hanatarō Jumon 1958-02-05
Movie The Swishing Sword Shinpachiro Nasu 1958-08-03
Movie The Gay Masquerade Benten kozo Kikunosuke 1958-11-29
Movie Megitsune Buro 1958-07-13
Movie Ambush at Iga Pass 1958-11-15
Movie Bakeneko goyō da 1958-12-21
Movie Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion Hôjô Tokimune 1958-10-01
Movie Conflagration Goichi Mizoguchi 1958-09-22
Movie Floating Vessel 1957-04-29
Movie Fighting Letter for 29 People 1957-06-04
Movie Yataro’s Travel Hat 1957-07-02
Movie An Osaka Story Keizaburo 1957-03-06
Movie Love of the Princess Arisugawa 1957-03-19
Movie Demonfire Palanquin 1957-11-09
Movie Mangorō Tengu Tokugawa Mangorō 1957-08-06
Movie Secret of Naruto 1957-09-29
Movie Freelance Samurai Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi 1957-12-15
Movie Inazuma Kaidō 1957-09-21
Movie Fighting Birds 1956-05-25
Movie Flowery Brothers 1956-06-08
Movie Asataro the Crow 1956-03-28
Movie Migratory Birds of the Flowers 1956-01-03
Movie Flowery Hood 1956-07-25
Movie Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan Hyosuke Yagyu 1956-02-26
Movie Matashirō Fighting Journey 1956-01-09
Movie Gonpachi Gonpachirô Shiga 1956-12-28
Movie Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin 1956-08-14
Movie Flowery Hood 2 1956-11-07
Movie Fighting Fire Fighter 1956-12-12
Movie Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita 1956-08-22
Movie Tsukigata Hanpeita Tatsuma Hayase 1956-10-16
Movie The Young Lord 1955-04-19
Movie The Second Son 1955-01-29
Movie A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love 1955-04-23
Movie The Magistrate 1955-03-25
Movie The Magical Warrior 1955-09-06
Movie The Dancer and Two Warriors 1955-06-26
Movie Thief and Magistrate 1955-12-07
Movie Iroha Elegy 1955-11-01
Movie Taira Clan Saga Taira Kiyomori 1955-09-21
Movie The Great White Tiger Platoon 1954-08-25
Movie Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord 1954-09-29
Movie The Young Swordsman 1954-12-22
Movie Onatsu and Seijuro 1954-11-01
Movie The Princess Sen 1954-10-20