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Raizō Ichikawa
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
An Actor's Revenge
as Hirutaro
Conflagration
as Goichi Mizoguchi
Ken
as Jiro Kokubun
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Goemon Ishikawa
The Great Wall
as Ching Ko
The Betrayal
as Kobuse Takuma
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Ishikawa Goemon
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
A Certain Killer
as Shiozawa
Destiny's Son
as Takakura Shingo
