Raizō Ichikawa
1931-08-29 ( 93 years old ) in 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.

Movies

Sworn Brothers 1969-02-22
A Killer's Key 1967-12-02
The Betrayal 1966-07-02
Sword Devil 1965-10-16
Young Boss 1965-03-13
Ken 1964-03-14
Cut the Shadow 1963-03-01
The Great Wall 1962-11-01
Ken ni kakeru 1962-09-16
Destiny's Son 1962-07-01
Buddha 1961-10-31
Song of Sado 1961-07-19
A Lustful Man 1961-03-21
Nuregami botan 1961-02-08
Bara daimyo 1960-12-07
Lord Tadanao 1960-11-22
Satan's Sword 1960-10-18
Bonchi 1960-04-14
Yûrei koban 1960-04-06
Jirocho Fuji 1959-06-03
The Gaijin 1959-05-01
Ojo-kichiza 1959-04-21
Hebihime sama 1959-02-25
Yutaro kodan 1959-01-14
Nuregami kenpo 1958-11-08
Conflagration 1958-09-22
Megitsune Buro 1958-07-13
Princess Tsuki 1958-01-09
Inazuma Kaidō 1957-09-21
Mangorō Tengu 1957-08-06
An Osaka Story 1957-03-06
Gonpachi 1956-12-28
Flowery Hood 2 1956-11-07
Flowery Hood 1956-07-25
Fighting Birds 1956-05-25
Iroha Elegy 1955-11-01
The Young Lord 1955-04-19
The Magistrate 1955-03-25
The Second Son 1955-01-29