Raizō Ichikawa
Born: 1931-08-29 in Kyoto, Japan
Died: 1969-07-17
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1969
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Sworn Brothers as Jokichi Sakurada
1968
- Lone Wolf Isazo as Isazo
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- The Night before Pearl Harbor as Jiro Shiina
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1967
- The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka as Seishu Hanaoka (Unpei)
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- A Certain Killer as Shiozawa
- A Killer's Key as Nitta
- Secret Assignment as Jiro Shiina
- Young Boss, Fugitive
- Assignment Dragon No. 3 as Jiro Shiina
- Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
- Exterminate the Young Boss!
1966
- Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies as Kojiro Kasumi
- The Betrayal as Kobuse Takuma
- Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back as Saizo Kumogakure
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
- The School of Spies as Jiro Shiina
- Assignment Cloud as Jiro Shiina
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
- The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
1965
- Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy as Saizo Kumogakure
- Sword Devil as Hanpei
- Young Boss: Prison Release as Takeshi Nanjo
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Bloody Shuriken as Ibuki
- New Tengu from Mount Kurama
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Young Boss as Takeshi Nanjo
- New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1964
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege as Saizo Kirigakure
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Ken as Jiro Kokubun
- Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo as Kirigakure Saizo
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
- The Man Disappears Yesterday
- On the Road Forever as Ipponmatsu
- The Gambling Samurai
1963
- An Actor's Revenge as Hirutaro
- Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection as Goemon Ishikawa
- The Third Shadow Warrior as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
- Bronze Magician as монах Докё
- Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance as Goemon Ishikawa
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade as Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Cut the Shadow
- Shinsengumi Chronicles as Yamasaki Susumu
- A Samurai Never Tells a Lie as Harima Aoyama
- The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1962
- Seven Miles to Nakayama as Masakichi
- Ninja, A Band of Assassins as Ishikawa Goemon
- Destiny's Son as Takakura Shingo
- The Great Wall as Ching Ko
- The Broken Commandment as Ushimatsu Segawa
- Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
- The Actress and the Three Rascals
- The Fencing Master as Shojiro Sawada
- Her Hidden Past as Mondo Hayase
- Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
- Yôki na tono-sama
- Betting on the Sword
- 170 Leagues to Edo
1961
- Buddha as Kunala
- A Lustful Man as Yonosuke
- The Radiant Prince as Hikaru Genji
- The Gambler's Code as Kutsukake Tokijirô
- Tabiwa Oiroke
- Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
- The Phantom Samurai
- Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo as Suke-san
- Flowers of Chivalry
- Song of Sado
- Koina no Ginpei
- Fantastico
- Otemoyan
- Vagabonds from Badgerville
1960
- Satan's Sword as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- Bonchi as Kikuji
- Anchin and Kiyohime as Anchin
- The Demon of Mount Oe as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
- Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God as Tsukue Ryunosuke
- Scarred Yosaburo
- The Two Musashis
- Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
- Lord Tadanao
- The Song Lantern
- Mission Accomplished
- Yûrei koban
- Bara daimyo
1959
- Samurai Vendetta as Tenge Tanzen
- Jirocho Fuji as Kira no Nikichi
- Enchanted Princess as Tanukichiro
- Peony on the Skin
- Stop the Old Fox as Shinosuke Shimada
- The Princess Says No
- Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
- Snake Princess
- Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
- The Gaijin
- Yutaro's Secret Story
- The Lord and the Gambler
- Ojo-kichiza
- A Thousand Flying Cranes as Hanjirô
1958
- Conflagration as Goichi Mizoguchi
- The Loyal 47 Ronin as Takuminokami Asano
- Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion as Hôjô Tokimune
- The Gay Masquerade as Benten kozo Kikunosuke
- Bakeneko Goyōda
- Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
- Megitsune Buro
- Ambush at Iga Pass
- The Swishing Sword as Shinpachiro Nasu
- Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
- Princess Tsuki
- Nuregami kenpo as Gennosuke Matsudaira
- The Magnificent Five
- Hanatarō Jumon
- The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
1957
- An Osaka Story as Keizaburo
- Daiei Studio is Bustling
- Secret of Naruto
- Freelance Samurai as Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi
- Love of the Princess as Arisugawa
- Floating Vessel
- Fighting Letter for 29 People
- Inazuma Kaidō
- Demonfire Palanquin
- Yataro’s Travel Hat
- Mangorō Tengu as Tokugawa Mangorō
1956
- Flowery Brothers
- Tsukigata Hanpeita as Tatsuma Hayase
- Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
- Asataro the Crow
- Gonpachi as Gonpachirô Shiga
- Flowery Hood
- Fighting Birds
- Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan as Hyosuke Yagyu
- Flowery Hood 2
- Migratory Birds of the Flowers
- Matashirō Fighting Journey
- Fighting Fire Fighter
- Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita