Raizō Ichikawa
Known for: Acting
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
Film
Jirocho Fuji
Kira no Nikichi
1959
Film
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
Ryûnosuke Tsukue
1961
Film
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Seishu Hanaoka (Unpei)
1967
Film
The Betrayal
Kobuse Takuma
1966
Film
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Goemon Ishikawa
1963
Film
An Actor's Revenge
Hirutaro
1963
Film
Taira Clan Saga
Taira Kiyomori
1955
Film
Destiny's Son
Takakura Shingo
1962
Film
Sword Devil
Hanpei
1965
Film
The Night before Pearl Harbor
Jiro Shiina
1968
Film
Buddha
Kunala
1961
Film
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Goemon Ishikawa
1963
Film
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Ishikawa Goemon
1962
Film
Megitsune Buro
1958
Film
Satan's Sword
Ryunosuke Tsukue
1960
Film
Conflagration
Goichi Mizoguchi
1958
Film
The Broken Commandment
Ushimatsu Segawa
1962
Film
A Lustful Man
Yonosuke
1961
Film
The School of Spies
Jiro Shiina
1966
Film
Bronze Magician
монах Докё
1963
Film
The Princess Sen
Hideyori Toyotomi
1954
Film
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
Film
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Film
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Takuminokami Asano
1958
Film
Seven Miles to Nakayama
Masakichi
1962
Film
An Osaka Story
Keizaburo
1957
Film
A Killer's Key
Nitta
1967
Film
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
Film
The Third Shadow Warrior
Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
1963
Film
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
Kirigakure Saizo
1964
Film
The Radiant Prince
Hikaru Genji
1961
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964
Film
Princess Tsuki
1958
Film
The Swishing Sword
Shinpachiro Nasu
1958
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1969
Film
Young Boss: Prison Release
Takeshi Nanjo
1965
Film
A Certain Killer
Shiozawa
1967
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1956
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1967
Film
Enchanted Princess
Tanukichiro
1959
Film
Cut the Shadow
1963
Film
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
Saizo Kumogakure
1965
Film
The Demon of Mount Oe
Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
1960
Film
Lone Wolf Isazo
Isazo
1968
Film
A Thousand Flying Cranes
Hanjirô
1959
Film
Fighting Fire Fighter
1956
Film
Ken
Jiro Kokubun
1964
Film
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1968
Film
Asataro the Crow
1956
Film
Secret of Naruto
1957
Film
Secret Assignment
Jiro Shiina
1967
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1968
Film
The Gambler's Code
Kutsukake Tokijirô
1961
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964
Film
The Princess Says No
1959
Film
Betting on the Sword
1962
Film
Anchin and Kiyohime
Anchin
1960
Film
Young Boss
Takeshi Nanjo
1965
Film
Bonchi
Kikuji
1960
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1963
Film
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Hôjô Tokimune
1958
Film
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
Saizo Kirigakure
1964
Film
The Man Disappears Yesterday
1964
Film
Sworn Brothers
Jokichi Sakurada
1969
Film
On the Road Forever
Ipponmatsu
1964
Film
Song of Sado
1961
Film
Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1965
Film
Assignment Dragon No. 3
Jiro Shiina
1967
Film
The Great Wall
Ching Ko
1962
Film
Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
1958
Film
Koina no Ginpei
1961
Film
The Fencing Master
Shojiro Sawada
1962
Film
Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966
Film
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Yamasaki Susumu
1963
Film
Samurai Vendetta
Tenge Tanzen
1959
Film
Assignment Cloud
Jiro Shiina
1966
Film
Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita
1956
Film
Flowers of Chivalry
1961
Film
Flowery Hood 2
1956
Film
New Tengu from Mount Kurama
1965
Film
Fighting Birds
1956
Film
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
Film
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
Film
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962
Film
Gonpachi
Gonpachirô Shiga
1956
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1965
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1966
Film
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
Kojiro Kasumi
1966
Film
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1965
Film
Lord Tadanao
1960
Film
Her Hidden Past
Mondo Hayase
1962
Film
Otemoyan
1961
Film
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
Tsukue Ryunosuke
1960
Film
The Magnificent Five
1958
Film
Hanatarō Jumon
1958
Film
Love of the Princess
Arisugawa
1957
Film
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Film
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
Film
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
Film
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957
Film
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Film
Floating Vessel
1957
Film
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
1959
Film
The Phantom Samurai
1961
Film
The Gay Masquerade
Benten kozo Kikunosuke
1958
Film
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Film
The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
1966
Film
The Gambling Samurai
1964
Film
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
Harima Aoyama
1963
Film
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1966
Film
Mangorō Tengu
Tokugawa Mangorō
1957
Film
The Song Lantern
1960
Film
The Young Swordsman
1954
Film
The Gaijin
1959
Film
Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967
Film
Peony on the Skin
1959
Film
Stop the Old Fox
Shinosuke Shimada
1959
Film
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
Saizo Kumogakure
1966
Film
Snake Princess
1959
Film
Flowery Hood
1956
Onatsu and Seijuro
1954
Film
170 Leagues to Edo
1962
Film
Mission Accomplished
1960
Film
Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
1966
Film
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
Film
Demonfire Palanquin
1957
Film
Fantastico
1961
Film
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Suke-san
1961
Film
Ojo-kichiza
1959
Film
Thief and Magistrate
1955
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
Hyosuke Yagyu
1956
Film
Bara daimyo
1960
Film
Inazuma Kaidō
1957
Film
Freelance Samurai
Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi
1957
Film
The Two Musashis
1960
Film
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963
Film
Ambush at Iga Pass
1958
Film
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
Film
The Magical Warrior
1955
Film
Iroha Elegy
1955
Film
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
Film
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Film
Bloody Shuriken
Ibuki
1965
Film
Tabiwa Oiroke
1961
Film
Flowery Brothers
1956
Film
The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954
Film
Bakeneko Goyōda
1958
Film
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
Film
Yûrei koban
1960
Film
Young Boss, Fugitive
1967
Film
The Magistrate
1955
Film
Yutaro's Secret Story
1959
The Young Lord
1955
Film
The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
1958
Film
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Tatsuma Hayase
1956
Film
Nuregami kenpo
Gennosuke Matsudaira
1958
Film
The Second Son
1955