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
Movies (160)
Flowery Brothers
1956
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
The Two Musashis
1960
Asataro the Crow
1956
An Osaka Story
1957
as Keizaburo
An Actor's Revenge
1963
as Hirutaro
Bronze Magician
1963
as монах Докё
The Princess Sen
1954
as Hideyori Toyotomi
Jirocho Fuji
1959
as Kira no Nikichi
Conflagration
1958
as Goichi Mizoguchi
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
as Ishikawa Goemon
Freelance Samurai
1957
as Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi
A Lustful Man
1961
as Yonosuke
Gonpachi
1956
as Gonpachirô Shiga
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
as Goemon Ishikawa
Destiny's Son
1962
as Takakura Shingo
Ken
1964
as Jiro Kokubun
Sword Devil
1965
as Hanpei
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
1963
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Young Boss: Prison Release
1965
as Takeshi Nanjo
The Betrayal
1966
as Kobuse Takuma
The Great Wall
1962
as Ching Ko
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
1964
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Samurai Vendetta
1959
as Tenge Tanzen
The Broken Commandment
1962
as Ushimatsu Segawa
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
1966
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sworn Brothers
1969
as Jokichi Sakurada
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
Taira Clan Saga
1955
as Taira Kiyomori
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
1960
as Tsukue Ryunosuke
Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966
A Killer's Key
1967
as Nitta
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963
as Yamasaki Susumu
The Gay Masquerade
1958
as Benten kozo Kikunosuke
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
as Saizo Kumogakure
A Certain Killer
1967
as Shiozawa
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Takuminokami Asano
Bonchi
1960
as Kikuji
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964
as Kirigakure Saizo
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
1965
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
1966
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964
Satan's Sword
1960
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
1961
as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968
as Jiro Shiina
On the Road Forever
1964
as Ipponmatsu
Enchanted Princess
1959
as Tanukichiro
Lone Wolf Isazo
1968
as Isazo
Buddha
1961
as Kunala
Floating Vessel
1957
Her Hidden Past
1962
as Mondo Hayase
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
as Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
The Demon of Mount Oe
1960
as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
1966
as Saizo Kumogakure
The Gambler's Code
1961
as Kutsukake Tokijirô
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
as Goemon Ishikawa
Anchin and Kiyohime
1960
as Anchin
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966
as Kojiro Kasumi
Secret Assignment
1967
as Jiro Shiina
Young Boss
1965
as Takeshi Nanjo
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
1963
as Harima Aoyama
Snake Princess
1959
Seven Miles to Nakayama
1962
as Masakichi
The Radiant Prince
1961
as Hikaru Genji
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
1968
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
1956
as Hyosuke Yagyu
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
as Saizo Kirigakure
Hanatarō Jumon
1958
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
1961
as Suke-san
Bloody Shuriken
1965
as Ibuki
Tabiwa Oiroke
1961
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
as Hôjô Tokimune
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
1969
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
The Gaijin
1959
Bakeneko Goyōda
1958
Iroha Elegy
1955
Secret of Naruto
1957
Flowery Hood
1956
Assignment Dragon No. 3
1967
as Jiro Shiina
Stop the Old Fox
1959
as Shinosuke Shimada
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
as Tatsuma Hayase
Cut the Shadow
1963
Peony on the Skin
1959
The Magnificent Five
1958
Young Boss, Fugitive
1967
Nuregami botan
1961
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
The Young Swordsman
1954
Yûrei koban
1960
A Thousand Flying Cranes
1959
as Hanjirô
Fighting Fire Fighter
1956
The Second Son
1955
The Song Lantern
1960
The Man Disappears Yesterday
1964
Assignment Cloud
1966
as Jiro Shiina
The Swishing Sword
1958
as Shinpachiro Nasu
Princess Tsuki
1958
Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
1958
Flowery Hood 2
1956
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
The Fencing Master
1962
as Shojiro Sawada
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956
Megitsune Buro
1958
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963
Otemoyan
1961
The Magical Warrior
1955
Ambush at Iga Pass
1958
The Magistrate
1955
The Gambling Samurai
1964
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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- Flowery Brothers (1956)
- Scarred Yosaburo (1960)
- The Two Musashis (1960)
- Asataro the Crow (1956)
- An Osaka Story (1957) — as Keizaburo
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