Portrait of Raizō Ichikawa

Raizō Ichikawa

Acting

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Raizō Ichikawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: August 29, 1931

Place of Birth: Kyoto, Japan

Filmography

1969
Sworn Brothers

as Jokichi Sakurada

1968
1967
1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

as Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka

1967
Secret Assignment

as Jiro Shiina

1967
A Certain Killer

as Shiozawa

1967
1966
Assignment Cloud

as Jiro Shiina

1966
The Betrayal

as Kobuse Takuma

1966
The School of Spies

as Jiro Shiina

1965
Sword Devil

as Hanpei

1965
1965
Young Boss

as Takeshi Nanjo

1965
1964
On the Road Forever

as Ipponmatsu

1964
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege

as Saizo Kirigakure

1964
Ken

as Jiro Kokubun

1963
1963
Bronze Magician

as монах Докё

1963
1963
1963
The Third Shadow Warrior

as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto

1963
1963
Shinsengumi Chronicles

as Yamasaki Susumu

1962
Ninja, A Band of Assassins

as Ishikawa Goemon

1962
The Great Wall

as Ching Ko

1962
The Fencing Master

as Shojiro Sawada

1962
Destiny's Son

as Takakura Shingo

1962
1962
The Broken Commandment

as Ushimatsu Segawa

1962
Her Hidden Past

as Mondo Hayase

1961
Buddha

as Kunala

1961
The Radiant Prince

as Hikaru Genji

1961
The Gambler's Code

as Kutsukake Tokijirô

1961
1961
A Lustful Man

as Yonosuke

1960
1960
Satan's Sword

as Ryunosuke Tsukue

1960
The Demon of Mount Oe

as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô

1960
Bonchi

as Kikuji

1959
Enchanted Princess

as Tanukichiro

1959
Samurai Vendetta

as Tenge Tanzen

1959
Stop the Old Fox

as Shinosuke Shimada

1959
Jirocho Fuji

as Kira no Nikichi

1958
Nuregami kenpo

as Gennosuke Matsudaira

1958
Conflagration

as Goichi Mizoguchi

1958
The Swishing Sword

as Shinpachiro Nasu

1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin

as Takuminokami Asano

1957
Freelance Samurai

as Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi

1957
Mangorō Tengu

as Tokugawa Mangorō

1957
1957
An Osaka Story

as Keizaburo

1956
Gonpachi

as Gonpachirô Shiga

1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita

as Tatsuma Hayase

1955
Taira Clan Saga

as Taira Kiyomori