Raizō Ichikawa
Actor
Biography
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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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Filmography
Taira Clan Saga
as Taira Kiyomori 1955
Conflagration
as Goichi Mizoguchi 1958
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Ishikawa Goemon 1962
Secret of Naruto
1957
Destiny's Son
as Takakura Shingo 1962
The Betrayal
as Kobuse Takuma 1966
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
as Kirigakure Saizo 1964
A Certain Killer
as Shiozawa 1967
Samurai Vendetta
as Tenge Tanzen 1959
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Goemon Ishikawa 1963
Ken
as Jiro Kokubun 1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as Nemuri Kyoshiro 1964
The Demon of Mount Oe
as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô 1960
Sword Devil
as Hanpei 1965
Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Yamasaki Susumu 1963
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Saizo Kirigakure 1964