Raizō Ichikawa
Birthday: 1931-08-29
Place of Birth: Kyoto, Japan
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.
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Ninja, A Band of Assassins
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The Betrayal
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An Actor's Revenge
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Taira Clan Saga
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Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
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The Great Wall
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Destiny's Son
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A Lustful Man
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Ken
Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedic...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides i...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending t...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
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A Certain Killer
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Sword Devil
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Conflagration
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Shinsengumi Chronicles
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Samurai Vendetta
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The Broken Commandment
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On the Road Forever
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot ...
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The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and ...
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Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
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Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro ...
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Lone Wolf Isazo
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The Third Shadow Warrior
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Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
[Period covered: 1595-1600] We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon, as he was about to be boiled alive. B...
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Bronze Magician
Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer...
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An Osaka Story
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The Princess Sen
During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with oth...
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Jirocho Fuji
Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' i...
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Young Boss
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and...
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Cut the Shadow
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Enchanted Princess
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Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunos...
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Satan's Sword
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Anchin and Kiyohime
Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feel...
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The Demon of Mount Oe
A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The y...
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The Gambler's Code
One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds...
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Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country d...
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Freelance Samurai
One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this t...
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A Killer's Key
Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kaz...
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Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one ...
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Buddha
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years ...
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Onatsu and Seijuro
Based on the popular story of the tragic lovers, Onatsu and Seijuro....
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Secret of Naruto
From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from...
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The Fencing Master
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming...
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Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
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Bloody Shuriken
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
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Bonchi
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Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the...
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The Gay Masquerade
The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo...
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Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Daiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito Komon's...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a c...
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa....
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Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono ...
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Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weaken...
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The Great White Tiger Platoon
The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of ...
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The Two Musashis
During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the fi...
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Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
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Stop the Old Fox
Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the inve...
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The School of Spies
Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent sp...
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The Night before Pearl Harbor
The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the...
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Assignment Dragon No. 3
In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidak...
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Assignment Cloud
A sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the grad...
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Secret Assignment
In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's o...
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Seven Miles to Nakayama
When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, be...
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Sworn Brothers
Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s th...
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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be...
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The Radiant Prince
Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji...
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Her Hidden Past
Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the imposs...
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Vagabonds from Badgerville
A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society....
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Floating Vessel
Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Dr...
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The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
An entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time, suc...
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The Man Disappears Yesterday
Tired of everyday life, the 8th Shogun Yoshimune flees Edo Castle and asks Ooka Echizen to become hi...
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The Swishing Sword
A beautiful girl who seeks revenge, disguises herself by dressing up in men's clothes, geisha, etc. ...
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New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, the ronin Kurayoshi Norizen rents the second floor of a hardw...
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New Tengu from Mount Kurama
The film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between the...
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The Lord and the Gambler
Fate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some twen...
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The Magical Warrior
Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They ...
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The Song Lantern
The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film t...
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Scarred Yosaburo
The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress o...
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Flowers of Chivalry
Kayama Ichinoshin (Raizo Ichikawa) has been traveling for ten years in search of revenge for his fat...
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Song of Sado
Sentaro (Raizo Ichikawa) from Ipponmatsu sets out to commit evil and gain dignity, but his good-natu...
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Bakeneko Goyōda
A comic thriller directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, a first-time newcomer, based on a screenplay by Toshio T...
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