Raizō Ichikawa
Known For
Acting
Born
1931-08-29 in Kyoto, Japan
Died
1969-07-17
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.
Most Known For
An Osaka Story
as Keizaburo
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Ishikawa Goemon
Conflagration
as Goichi Mizoguchi
Taira Clan Saga
as Taira Kiyomori
The School of Spies
as Jiro Shiina
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
The Betrayal
as Kobuse Takuma
Destiny's Son
as Takakura Shingo
The Great Wall
as Ching Ko
A Certain Killer
as Shiozawa
Buddha
as Kunala
An Actor's Revenge
as Hirutaro
Bonchi
as Kikuji
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Goemon Ishikawa
Sword Devil
as Hanpei
Bloody Shuriken
as Ibuki
The Broken Commandment
as Ushimatsu Segawa
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
as Tsukue Ryunosuke
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
as Kirigakure Saizo
The Third Shadow Warrior
as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto