Raizō Ichikawa
- Acting
- August 29, 1931 · Kyoto, Japan
- July 17, 1969
Biography
Raizō Ichikawa VIII (born 29 August 1931, died 17 July 1969) was a Japanese film and kabuki actor. He mostly appeared in period dramas. He is best known for the Sleepy Eyes of Death series, Ninja series and Nakano Spy School series (based on the Nakano School). Raizō worked many times with director Kenji Misumi. Their collaborations include The Sword (based on a book by Yukio Mishima) and Destiny's Son. Other great works include An Actor's Revenge.
Known for
Filmography
- Sworn Brothers · Jokichi Sakurada
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie · Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair · Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Lone Wolf Isazo · Isazo
- The Night before Pearl Harbor · Jiro Shiina
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman · Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
- A Killer's Key · Nitta
- The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka · Seishu Hanaoka (Unpei)
- Young Boss, Fugitive
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps · Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Secret Assignment · Jiro Shiina
- A Certain Killer · Shiozawa
- Exterminate the Young Boss!
- Assignment Dragon No. 3 · Jiro Shiina
- Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies · Kojiro Kasumi
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy · Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Assignment Cloud · Jiro Shiina
- The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
- The Betrayal · Kobuse Takuma
- The School of Spies · Jiro Shiina
- Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess · Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back · Saizo Kumogakure
- Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
- New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
- Sword Devil · Hanpei
- New Tengu from Mount Kurama
- Young Boss: Prison Release · Takeshi Nanjo
- Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy · Saizo Kumogakure
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan · Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Young Boss · Takeshi Nanjo
- Bloody Shuriken · Ibuki
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire · Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo · Kirigakure Saizo
- The Gambling Samurai
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction · Nemuri Kyoshiro
- On the Road Forever · Ipponmatsu
- Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege · Saizo Kirigakure
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing · Nemuri Kyoshiro
- The Man Disappears Yesterday
- Ken · Jiro Kokubun
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
- Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection · Goemon Ishikawa
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade · Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Bronze Magician · монах Докё
- Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance · Goemon Ishikawa
- The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
- A Samurai Never Tells a Lie · Harima Aoyama
- The Third Shadow Warrior · Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
- Cut the Shadow
- An Actor's Revenge · Hirutaro
- Shinsengumi Chronicles · Yamasaki Susumu
- Yôki na tono-sama
- Ninja, A Band of Assassins · Ishikawa Goemon
- The Great Wall · Ching Ko
- The Fencing Master · Shojiro Sawada
- Betting on the Sword
- Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
- 170 Leagues to Edo
- Destiny's Son · Takakura Shingo
- Seven Miles to Nakayama · Masakichi
- Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
- The Broken Commandment · Ushimatsu Segawa
- Her Hidden Past · Mondo Hayase
- The Actress and the Three Rascals
- Flowers of Chivalry
- The Phantom Samurai
- Buddha · Kunala
- The Radiant Prince · Hikaru Genji
- Koina no Ginpei
- Song of Sado
- Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo · Suke-san
- The Gambler's Code · Kutsukake Tokijirô
- Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter · Ryûnosuke Tsukue
- Otemoyan
- Tabiwa Oiroke
- A Lustful Man · Yonosuke
- Fantastico
- Vagabonds from Badgerville