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Raizō Ichikawa

Raizō Ichikawa

Birthday: 1931-08-29 | Place of Birth: Kyoto, Japan

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1966
The Betrayal

as    Kobuse Takuma

1965
Young Boss

as    Takeshi Nanjo

1964
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo

as    Kirigakure Saizo

1964
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege

as    Saizo Kirigakure

1963
Shinsengumi Chronicles

as    Yamasaki Susumu

1960
The Priest and the Beauty

as    Anchin

1960
Satan's Sword

as    Ryunosuke Tsukue

1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita

as    Tatsuma Hayase