Raizō Ichikawa
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.
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Movies (50)
Sworn Brothers
as Jokichi Sakurada
1969
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1969
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1968
Lone Wolf Isazo
as Isazo
1968
The Night before Pearl Harbor
as Jiro Shiina
1968
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1968
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
A Killer's Key
as Nitta
1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
1967
Young Boss, Fugitive
1967
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1967
Secret Assignment
as Jiro Shiina
1967
A Certain Killer
as Shiozawa
1967
Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967
Assignment Dragon No. 3
as Jiro Shiina
1967
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
as Kojiro Kasumi
1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1966
Assignment Cloud
as Jiro Shiina
1966
The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
1966
The Betrayal
as Kobuse Takuma
1966
The School of Spies
as Jiro Shiina
1966
Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1966
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
as Saizo Kumogakure
1966
Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1965
Sword Devil
as Hanpei
1965
New Tengu from Mount Kurama
1965
Young Boss: Prison Release
as Takeshi Nanjo
1965
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
as Saizo Kumogakure
1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1965
Young Boss
as Takeshi Nanjo
1965
Bloody Shuriken
as Ibuki
1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1965
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
as Kirigakure Saizo
1964
The Gambling Samurai
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964
On the Road Forever
as Ipponmatsu
1964
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Saizo Kirigakure
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964
The Man Disappears Yesterday
1964
Ken
as Jiro Kokubun
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as Goemon Ishikawa
1963
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1963
Bronze Magician
as монах Докё
1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Goemon Ishikawa
1963
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
as Harima Aoyama
1963
The Third Shadow Warrior
as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
1963