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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 29, 1931
Died
July 17, 1969
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Also Known As
- 市川 雷蔵
- Raizô Ichikawa
- Ichikawa Raizō VIII
- Райдзо Итикава
- Raizo Ichikawa
- رایزو ایچیکاوا
Raizō Ichikawa
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.3
Jokichi Sakurada
Sworn Brothers
1969
5.4
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
1969
6.4
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
1968
6.8
Isazo
Lone Wolf Isazo
1968
10.0
Jiro Shiina
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968
6.5
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968
0.0
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
6.7
Nitta
A Killer's Key
1967
6.9
Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
0.0
Young Boss, Fugitive
1967
Credits
Sworn Brothers
as Jokichi Sakurada
1969
8.3
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1969
5.4
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1968
6.4
Lone Wolf Isazo
as Isazo
1968
6.8
The Night before Pearl Harbor
as Jiro Shiina
1968
10.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1968
6.5
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
0.0
A Killer's Key
as Nitta
1967
6.7
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
1967
6.9
Young Boss, Fugitive
1967
0.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1967
6.0
Secret Assignment
as Jiro Shiina
1967
10.0
A Certain Killer
as Shiozawa
1967
6.7
Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967
0.0
Assignment Dragon No. 3
as Jiro Shiina
1967
7.0
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
as Kojiro Kasumi
1966
6.3
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1966
5.8
Assignment Cloud
as Jiro Shiina
1966
2.0
The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
1966
0.0
The Betrayal
as Kobuse Takuma
1966
6.3
The School of Spies
as Jiro Shiina
1966
6.5
Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
1966
0.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1966
6.3
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
as Saizo Kumogakure
1966
6.5
Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966
0.0
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1965
5.0
Sword Devil
as Hanpei
1965
6.1
New Tengu from Mount Kurama
1965
0.0
Young Boss: Prison Release
as Takeshi Nanjo
1965
3.8
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
as Saizo Kumogakure
1965
6.2
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1965
6.2
Young Boss
as Takeshi Nanjo
1965
7.0
Bloody Shuriken
as Ibuki
1965
7.3
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1965
6.2
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
as Kirigakure Saizo
1964
6.6
The Gambling Samurai
1964
0.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964
5.5
On the Road Forever
as Ipponmatsu
1964
0.0
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Saizo Kirigakure
1964
6.2
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964
6.0
The Man Disappears Yesterday
1964
0.0
Ken
as Jiro Kokubun
1964
7.8
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964
5.4
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as Goemon Ishikawa
1963
7.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1963
5.2
Bronze Magician
as монах Докё
1963
6.9
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Goemon Ishikawa
1963
6.8
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963
0.0
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
as Harima Aoyama
1963
10.0
The Third Shadow Warrior
as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
1963
7.1
Cut the Shadow
1963
0.0
An Actor's Revenge
as Hirutaro
1963
6.6
Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Yamasaki Susumu
1963
6.5
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
0.0
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Ishikawa Goemon
1962
6.4
The Great Wall
as Ching Ko
1962
6.0
The Fencing Master
as Shojiro Sawada
1962
5.5
Ken ni kakeru
1962
0.0
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
0.0
170 Leagues to Edo
1962
0.0
Destiny's Son
as Takakura Shingo
1962
6.6
Seven Miles to Nakayama
as Masakichi
1962
6.3
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
0.0
The Broken Commandment
as Ushimatsu Segawa
1962
6.6
Her Hidden Past
as Mondo Hayase
1962
7.0
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962
0.0
Flowers of Chivalry
1961
0.0
The Phantom Samurai
1961
0.0
Buddha
as Kunala
1961
0.0
The Radiant Prince
as Hikaru Genji
1961
6.0
Koina no Ginpei
1961
0.0
Song of Sado
1961
0.0
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
as Suke-san
1961
5.2
The Gambler's Code
as Kutsukake Tokijirô
1961
6.5
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
1961
7.0
A Lustful Man
as Yonosuke
1961
5.9
Nuregami botan
1961
0.0
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
7.0
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
as Tsukue Ryunosuke
1960
6.6
Bara daimyo
1960
0.0
Lord Tadanao
1960
9.8
Satan's Sword
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
1960
6.6
The Priest and the Beauty
as Anchin
1960
3.0
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
0.0
🎬
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
5.7
The Song Lantern
1960
0.0
The Demon of Mount Oe
as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
1960
5.8
Bonchi
as Kikuji
1960
7.0
Yûrei koban
1960
0.0
Mission Accomplished
1960
0.0
The Two Musashis
1960
5.3
Enchanted Princess
as Tanukichiro
1959
6.2
The Princess Says No
1959
0.0
Samurai Vendetta
as Tenge Tanzen
1959
7.2
Stop the Old Fox
as Shinosuke Shimada
1959
5.0
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
0.0
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
6.0
Jirocho Fuji
as Kira no Nikichi
1959
6.8
A Thousand Flying Cranes
as Hanjirô
1959
0.0
The Gaijin
1959
0.0
Ojo-kichiza
1959
0.0
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
1959
6.3
Hebihime sama
1959
0.0
Yutaro kodan
1959
0.0
Peony on the Skin
1959
0.0
Bakeneko goyō da
1958
0.0
Bakeneko Goyōda
1958
0.0
🎬
The Gay Masquerade
as Benten kozo Kikunosuke
1958
10.0
Ambush at Iga Pass
1958
5.0
Nuregami kenpo
as Gennosuke Matsudaira
1958
0.0
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Hôjô Tokimune
1958
0.0
Conflagration
as Goichi Mizoguchi
1958
7.1
The Swishing Sword
as Shinpachiro Nasu
1958
0.0
Megitsune Buro
1958
0.0
The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
1958
0.0
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
0.0
Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
1958
0.0
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Takuminokami Asano
1958
6.0
Hanatarō Jumon
1958
0.0
The Magnificent Five
1958
0.0
Princess Tsuki
1958
0.0
Freelance Samurai
as Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi
1957
5.4
Demonfire Palanquin
1957
0.0
Secret of Naruto
1957
6.9
Inazuma Kaidō
1957
0.0
Mangorō Tengu
as Tokugawa Mangorō
1957
0.0
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957
0.0
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
0.0
Floating Vessel
1957
0.0
Love of the Princess
as Arisugawa
1957
0.0
An Osaka Story
as Keizaburo
1957
5.4
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
0.0
Gonpachi
as Gonpachirô Shiga
1956
0.0
🎬
Fighting Fire Fighter
1956
0.0
Flowery Hood 2
1956
0.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Tatsuma Hayase
1956
7.0
Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita
1956
0.0
🎬
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
0.0
Flowery Hood
1956
0.0
Flowery Brothers
1956
0.0
Fighting Birds
1956
0.0
🎬
Asataro the Crow
1956
0.0
🎬
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
as Hyosuke Yagyu
1956
7.0
Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956
0.0
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
0.0
Thief and Magistrate
1955
0.0
Iroha Elegy
1955
0.0
Taira Clan Saga
as Taira Kiyomori
1955
7.1
The Magical Warrior
1955
0.0
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
5.0
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
0.0
🎬
The Young Lord
1955
0.0
The Magistrate
1955
0.0
The Second Son
1955
0.0
The Young Swordsman
1954
0.0
🎬
Onatsu and Seijuro
1954
0.0
The Princess Sen
1954
5.0
Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
0.0
🎬
The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954
6.0