Raizō Ichikawa
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Buddha
1961
as Kunala
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Ken
1964
as Jiro Kokubun
Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963
as Yamasaki Susumu
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
as Goemon Ishikawa
The Fencing Master
1962
as Shojiro Sawada
The Great Wall
1962
as Ching Ko
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968
as Jiro Shiina
An Actor's Revenge
1963
as Hirutaro
Cut the Shadow
1963
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
1965
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
A Killer's Key
1967
as Nitta
A Certain Killer
1967
as Shiozawa
Destiny's Son
1962
as Takakura Shingo
Sword Devil
1965
as Hanpei
A Lustful Man
1961
as Yonosuke
Satan's Sword
1960
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Takuminokami Asano
Conflagration
1958
as Goichi Mizoguchi
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
1963
as Harima Aoyama