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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Ishikawa Goemon
1962
The Betrayal
as Kobuse Takuma
1966
An Actor's Revenge
as Hirutaro
1963
Taira Clan Saga
as Taira Kiyomori
1955
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Goemon Ishikawa
1963
The Great Wall
as Ching Ko
1962
Destiny's Son
as Takakura Shingo
1962
A Lustful Man
as Yonosuke
1961
Ken
as Jiro Kokubun
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1963
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1968
A Certain Killer
as Shiozawa
1967
Sword Devil
as Hanpei
1965
Conflagration
as Goichi Mizoguchi
1958
Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Yamasaki Susumu
1963
Samurai Vendetta
as Tenge Tanzen
1959
The Broken Commandment
as Ushimatsu Segawa
1962
On the Road Forever
as Ipponmatsu
1964