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.
An Actor's Revenge
as HirutaroIn Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their...
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Conflagration
as Goichi MizoguchiLearning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the...
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Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Ishikawa GoemonWarlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of...
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Taira Clan Saga
as Taira KiyomoriSpecial Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the...
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Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as Goemon Ishikawa[Period covered: 1595-1600] Third film in the famous shinobi no mono series. We last saw ninja...
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The Betrayal
as Kobuse TakumaA naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai...
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Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Goemon Ishikawa[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
as Nemuri KyoshiroThe titular "tarantula" is a murderous woman who, along with the brother who is in love with...
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Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Yamasaki SusumuAs winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its...
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Buddha
as KunalaAn Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six...
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Freelance Samurai
as Momotaro / Shinnosuke WakagiOne of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in...
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Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
as Saizo Kumogakure[Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo (Mist Saizo) returns for the final time as he sets out...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as Nemuri KyoshiroA fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have...
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Destiny's Son
as Takakura ShingoIn Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her...
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The Great Wall
as Ching KoIn 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his...
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Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
as Kirigakure Saizo[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax....
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Takuminokami AsanoJapan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for...
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Ken
as Jiro KokubunKokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic...
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The Gambler's Code
as Kutsukake TokijirôOne of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who...
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Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
as Kojiro Kasumi[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
as Nemuri KyoshiroThe Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri...
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Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
as Saizo Kumogakure[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no...
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The Night before Pearl Harbor
as Jiro ShiinaThe last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of...
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Satan's Sword
as Ryunosuke TsukueThe Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
as Nemuri KyoshiroSixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a...
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An Osaka Story
as KeizaburoA poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi...
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The Third Shadow Warrior
as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka IkemotoIn the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a...
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The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Umpei 'Seishu' HanaokaThe disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic,...
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Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Hôjô TokimuneDuring the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out...
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A Certain Killer
as ShiozawaA former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the...
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Sworn Brothers
as Jokichi SakuradaIchikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders....
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The Broken Commandment
as Ushimatsu SegawaUshimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now...
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Samurai Vendetta
as Tenge TanzenTwo amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and...
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The Princess Sen
as uncreditedDuring the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with...
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Jirocho Fuji
as Kira no NikichiLegendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire...
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Her Hidden Past
as Mondo HayaseAdaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as Nemuri KyoshiroNemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both...
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A Killer's Key
as NittaRaizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
as Nemuri KyoshiroNemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to...
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Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
as Ryûnosuke TsukueDisguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a...
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A Lustful Man
as YonosukeFascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of...
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Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Saizo Kirigakure[Period covered: 1614-1615] 4th film in the shinobi no mono series Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
as Nemuri KyoshiroFifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman...
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Enchanted Princess
as TanukichiroOnce upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken...
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Lone Wolf Isazo
as IsazoIsazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of yakuza, known for his...
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Sword Devil
as HanpeiHanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick...
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The Song Lantern
as uncreditedThe title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
as Nemuri KyoshiroA decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and...
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Secret of Naruto
as uncreditedFrom the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima...
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On the Road Forever
as IpponmatsuA wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father's killer, unaware that the...
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The Radiant Prince
as Hikaru GenjiHikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of...
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The Demon of Mount Oe
as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-RaikôA demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider!...
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Stop the Old Fox
as Shinosuke ShimadaHistorical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the...
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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
as Harima AoyamaThe shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
as Nemuri KyoshiroTwo devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but...
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The Magical Warrior
as uncreditedRikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day...
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The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
as uncreditedAn entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time,...
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Seven Miles to Nakayama
as MasakichiWhen a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
as Nemuri KyoshiroThe masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She...
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The School of Spies
as Jiro ShiinaNakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be...
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Bloody Shuriken
as IbukiRonin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
as uncreditedWandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after...
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The Priest and the Beauty
as AnchinPrincess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but...
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Bronze Magician
as монах ДокёYoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same...
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The Fencing Master
as Shojiro SawadaThe Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is...
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Young Boss
as Takeshi NanjoAfter a yakuza boss is assassinated by a rival, his naval officer son returns home to take over...
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The Lord and the Gambler
as uncreditedFate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
as Nemuri KyoshiroJust when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping...
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Cut the Shadow
as uncreditedThe womanising master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Tatsuma HayaseDuring the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing...
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New Tengu from Mount Kurama
as uncreditedThe film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between...
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Assignment Dragon No. 3
as Jiro ShiinaIn late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel...
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The Man Disappears Yesterday
as uncreditedTired of everyday life, the 8th Shogun Yoshimune flees Edo Castle and asks Ooka Echizen to...
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Secret Assignment
as Jiro ShiinaIn the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time...
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Love of the Princess
as ArisugawaA story of aristocratic star-crossed love.
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Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
as Tsukue RyunosukeThe sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of...
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Song of Sado
as uncreditedSentaro (Raizo Ichikawa) from Ipponmatsu sets out to commit evil and gain dignity, but his...
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Young Boss: Prison Release
as Takeshi NanjoThe further adventures of Takeshi Nanjo, the Young Boss.
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Floating Vessel
as uncreditedFloating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke...
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Scarred Yosaburo
as uncreditedThe film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with...
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Daiei Studio is Bustling
as uncreditedA studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as uncreditedA Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
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Assignment Cloud
as Jiro ShiinaA sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the...
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Vagabonds from Badgerville
as uncreditedA musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.
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Bonchi
as KikujiKikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal....
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Flowers of Chivalry
as uncreditedKayama Ichinoshin (Raizo Ichikawa) has been traveling for ten years in search of revenge for his...
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The Swishing Sword
as Shinpachiro NasuA beautiful girl who seeks revenge, disguises herself by dressing up in men's clothes, geisha,...
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The Two Musashis
as uncreditedDuring the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become...
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Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
as Suke-sanDaiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito...
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