Actor
Raizō Ichikawa
Classic Era1931–1969DramaActionComedyHistory
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Filmography
1969Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle MenagerieNemuri Kyoshiro5.01969Sworn BrothersJokichi Sakurada8.31968Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a WomanNemuri Kyoshiro6.81968Lone Wolf IsazoIsazo6.81968Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's LairNemuri Kyoshiro6.41968The Night before Pearl HarborJiro Shiina
About
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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