Raizō Ichikawa

Raizō Ichikawa

1931-08-29 – 1969-07-17 (age 37) Kyoto, Japan
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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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Known For

Flowery Brothers
Scarred Yosaburo
The Two Musashis
An Osaka Story
An Osaka Story

1957

as Keizaburo

An Actor's Revenge
An Actor's Revenge

1963

as Hirutaro

Bronze Magician
Bronze Magician

1963

as монах Докё

Sword Devil
Sword Devil

1965

as Hanpei

Freelance Samurai
Freelance Samurai

1957

as Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi

Gonpachi
Gonpachi

1956

as Gonpachirô Shiga

The Princess Sen
The Princess Sen

1954

as Hideyori Toyotomi

Jirocho Fuji
Jirocho Fuji

1959

as Kira no Nikichi

The Third Shadow Warrior
The Third Shadow Warrior

1963

as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto

Conflagration
Conflagration

1958

as Goichi Mizoguchi

Young Boss: Prison Release
Young Boss: Prison Release

1965

as Takeshi Nanjo

Destiny's Son
Destiny's Son

1962

as Takakura Shingo

Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Ninja, A Band of Assassins

1962

as Ishikawa Goemon

Taira Clan Saga
Taira Clan Saga

1955

as Taira Kiyomori

A Lustful Man
A Lustful Man

1961

as Yonosuke

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

1963

as Goemon Ishikawa