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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Known For

An Actor's Revenge

Hirutaro

Taira Clan Saga

Taira Kiyomori

Conflagration

Goichi Mizoguchi

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

Ishikawa Goemon

Secret of Naruto

Self

Destiny's Son

Takakura Shingo

The Betrayal

Kobuse Takuma

Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo

Kirigakure Saizo

Full Filmography

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

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