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.
Top Filmography
An Actor's Revenge
1963 // MOVIE
Taira Clan Saga
1955 // MOVIE
Conflagration
1958 // MOVIE
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962 // MOVIE
Secret of Naruto
1957 // MOVIE
Destiny's Son
1962 // MOVIE
The Betrayal
1966 // MOVIE
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964 // MOVIE
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963 // MOVIE
A Certain Killer
1967 // MOVIE
Samurai Vendetta
1959 // MOVIE
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964 // MOVIE
Ken
1964 // MOVIE
Sword Devil
1965 // MOVIE
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964 // MOVIE