
Raizō Ichikawa
Known for Acting · 160 credits
- Born
- 1931-08-29
- Died
- 1969-07-17
- Place of birth
- Kyoto, Japan
- Also known as
- 市川 雷蔵 · Raizô Ichikawa · Ichikawa Raizō VIII · Райдзо Итикава · Raizo Ichikawa · رایزو ایچیکاوا
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).
Known For

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
1960
as Tsukue Ryunosuke

Satan's Sword
1960
as Ryunosuke Tsukue

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
as Hôjô Tokimune

Buddha
1961
as Kunala

Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
as Ishikawa Goemon
Movies (160)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
1960
as Tsukue Ryunosuke

Satan's Sword
1960
as Ryunosuke Tsukue

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
as Hôjô Tokimune

Buddha
1961
as Kunala

Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
as Ishikawa Goemon

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
as Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka

Samurai Vendetta
1959
as Tenge Tanzen

The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto

Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
1961
as Ryûnosuke Tsukue

Destiny's Son
1962
as Takakura Shingo

Secret of Naruto
1957

A Killer's Key
1967
as Nitta

Assignment Cloud
1966
as Jiro Shiina

The Great Wall
1962
as Ching Ko

Sword Devil
1965
as Hanpei

Taira Clan Saga
1955
as Taira Kiyomori

An Actor's Revenge
1963
as Hirutaro

Conflagration
1958
as Goichi Mizoguchi

Secret Assignment
1967
as Jiro Shiina

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
as Goemon Ishikawa

New Tengu from Mount Kurama
1965

The School of Spies
1966
as Jiro Shiina

Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
as Saizo Kumogakure

Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964
as Kirigakure Saizo

The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Takuminokami Asano

Assignment Dragon No. 3
1967
as Jiro Shiina

A Lustful Man
1961
as Yonosuke
The Gay Masquerade
1958
as Benten kozo Kikunosuke

The Gambler's Code
1961
as Kutsukake Tokijirô

Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963
as Yamasaki Susumu

The Radiant Prince
1961
as Hikaru Genji

Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
1961
as Suke-san

Bronze Magician
1963
as монах Докё

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
as Saizo Kirigakure

Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957

Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
1966
as Saizo Kumogakure

Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
1969
as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Sworn Brothers
1969
as Jokichi Sakurada

Young Boss
1965
as Takeshi Nanjo

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
1965
as Nemuri Kyoshiro

A Certain Killer
1967
as Shiozawa

On the Road Forever
1964
as Ipponmatsu

An Osaka Story
1957
as Keizaburo

The Song Lantern
1960

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
1963
as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Ken ni kakeru
1962

Bonchi
1960
as Kikuji

The Fencing Master
1962
as Shojiro Sawada

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
1964
as Nemuri Kyoshiro

The Betrayal
1966
as Kobuse Takuma

Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964

The Man Disappears Yesterday
1964

The Demon of Mount Oe
1960
as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô

Anchin and Kiyohime
1960
as Anchin

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
1963
as Harima Aoyama

The Phantom Samurai
1961

Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
1968
as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Cut the Shadow
1963

Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957

Lone Wolf Isazo
1968
as Isazo

The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968
as Jiro Shiina

The Broken Commandment
1962
as Ushimatsu Segawa
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
1956
as Hyosuke Yagyu

Stop the Old Fox
1959
as Shinosuke Shimada

Ken
1964
as Jiro Kokubun

Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967

Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
as Goemon Ishikawa

Flowers of Chivalry
1961

The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955

Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
1959

Tabiwa Oiroke
1961

Jirocho Fuji
1959
as Kira no Nikichi

Nuregami botan
1961

Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957

Yôki na tono-sama
1962

The Magical Warrior
1955

Ambush at Iga Pass
1958
Onatsu and Seijuro
1954

Ojo-kichiza
1959

Yûrei koban
1960
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954

Enchanted Princess
1959
as Tanukichiro

Her Hidden Past
1962
as Mondo Hayase

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962

The Gambling Samurai
1964

Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
1966
as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Princess Tsuki
1958

Seven Miles to Nakayama
1962
as Masakichi

Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956

Yutaro's Secret Story
1959

Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959

Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
as Tatsuma Hayase

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958

Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968
as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Flowery Hood 2
1956

The Swishing Sword
1958
as Shinpachiro Nasu

Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967
as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965
as Nemuri Kyoshiro

Peony on the Skin
1959

Megitsune Buro
1958

Young Boss, Fugitive
1967

Hanatarō Jumon
1958

New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1965

The Gaijin
1959
Fighting Fire Fighter
1956

Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966
as Kojiro Kasumi

The Lord and the Gambler
1959

Thief and Magistrate
1955

Flowery Hood
1956

The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963

Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
1958

Floating Vessel
1957

Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966

The Young Swordsman
1954

Lord Tadanao
1960
About 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. Th… With 160 credits spanning from 1954 to 1969, Raizō Ichikawa has appeared in 160 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (1964) — as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Satan's Sword: The Dragon God (1960) — as Tsukue Ryunosuke
- Satan's Sword (1960) — as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958) — as Hôjô Tokimune
- Buddha (1961) — as Kunala
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