Personal Info
市川 雷蔵
Raizô Ichikawa
Ichikawa Raizō VIII
Райдзо Итикава
Raizo Ichikawa
Raizō Ichikawa
Acting
Biography
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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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Sworn Brothers
as Jokichi Sakurada
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
The Night before Pearl Harbor
as Jiro Shiina
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
Lone Wolf Isazo
as Isazo
Young Boss, Fugitive
Assignment Dragon No. 3
as Jiro Shiina
Secret Assignment
as Jiro Shiina
A Killer's Key
as Nitta