Raizō Ichikawa
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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Full filmography
- Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962) as Ishikawa Goemon
- A Lustful Man (1961) as Yonosuke
- The Betrayal (1966) as Kobuse Takuma
- An Actor's Revenge (1963) as Hirutaro
- Satan's Sword (1960) as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- The Great Wall (1962) as Ching Ko
- Buddha (1961) as Kunala
- Destiny's Son (1962) as Takakura Shingo
- The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) as Takuminokami Asano
- Conflagration (1958) as Goichi Mizoguchi
- Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963) as Yamasaki Susumu
- Bonchi (1960) as Kikuji
- Samurai Vendetta (1959) as Tenge Tanzen
- The Broken Commandment (1962) as Ushimatsu Segawa
- The School of Spies (1966) as Jiro Shiina
- Taira Clan Saga (1955) as Taira Kiyomori
- The Song Lantern (1960)
- Bronze Magician (1963) as монах Докё
- A Certain Killer (1967) as Shiozawa
- Asataro the Crow (1956)
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (1964) as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- The Gambler's Code (1961) as Kutsukake Tokijirô
- Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo (1961) as Suke-san
- Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958) as Hôjô Tokimune