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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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Sworn Brothers | Jokichi Sakurada | Super Hit | |
| 1968 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair | Nemuri Kyoshiro | Average | |
| 1968 | Lone Wolf Isazo | Isazo | Hit | |
| 1968 | The Night before Pearl Harbor | Jiro Shiina | Super Hit | |
| 1968 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman | Nemuri Kyoshiro | Hit | |
| 1967 | A Killer's Key | Nitta | Super Hit | |
| 1967 | The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka | Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka | Average | |
| 1967 | Secret Assignment | Jiro Shiina | Super Hit | |
| 1967 | A Certain Killer | Shiozawa | Hit | |
| 1967 | Assignment Dragon No. 3 | Jiro Shiina | Hit | |
| 1966 | Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies | Kojiro Kasumi | Average | |
| 1966 | The Betrayal | Kobuse Takuma | Average | |
| 1966 | The School of Spies | Jiro Shiina | Hit | |
| 1966 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess | Nemuri Kyoshiro | Average | |
| 1966 | Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back | Saizo Kumogakure | Hit | |
| 1965 | Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy | Saizo Kumogakure | Average | |
| 1965 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan | Nemuri Kyoshiro | Average | |
| 1965 | Young Boss | Takeshi Nanjo | Hit | |
| 1965 | Bloody Shuriken | Ibuki | Hit | |
| 1965 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire | Nemuri Kyoshiro | Average | |
| 1964 | Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo | Kirigakure Saizo | Hit | |
| 1964 | Ken | Jiro Kokubun | Super Hit | |
| 1963 | Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection | Goemon Ishikawa | Hit | |
| 1963 | Bronze Magician | монах Докё | Hit | |
| 1963 | Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance | Goemon Ishikawa | Hit | |
| 1963 | A Samurai Never Tells a Lie | Harima Aoyama | Super Hit | |
| 1963 | The Third Shadow Warrior | Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto | Hit | |
| 1963 | An Actor's Revenge | Hirutaro | Hit | |
| 1963 | Shinsengumi Chronicles | Yamasaki Susumu | Hit | |
| 1962 | Ninja, A Band of Assassins | Ishikawa Goemon | Average | |
| 1962 | Destiny's Son | Takakura Shingo | Hit | |
| 1962 | Seven Miles to Nakayama | Masakichi | Average | |
| 1962 | The Broken Commandment | Ushimatsu Segawa | Hit | |
| 1962 | Her Hidden Past | Mondo Hayase | Hit | |
| 1961 | The Gambler's Code | Kutsukake Tokijirô | Hit | |
| 1961 | Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter | Ryûnosuke Tsukue | Hit | |
| 1961 | Vagabonds from Badgerville | - | Hit | |
| 1960 | Satan's Sword: The Dragon God | Tsukue Ryunosuke | Hit | |
| 1960 | Lord Tadanao | - | Super Hit | |
| 1960 | Satan's Sword | Ryunosuke Tsukue | Hit | |
| 1960 | Bonchi | Kikuji | Hit | |
| 1959 | Samurai Vendetta | Tenge Tanzen | Hit | |
| 1959 | Jirocho Fuji | Kira no Nikichi | Hit | |
| 1959 | Lord Nobunaga's Early Days | - | Average | |
| 1958 | The Gay Masquerade | Benten kozo Kikunosuke | Super Hit | |
| 1958 | Conflagration | Goichi Mizoguchi | Hit | |
| 1957 | Secret of Naruto | - | Hit | |
| 1956 | Tsukigata Hanpeita | Tatsuma Hayase | Hit | |
| 1956 | Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan | Hyosuke Yagyu | Hit | |
| 1955 | Taira Clan Saga | Taira Kiyomori | Hit |