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.

KNOWN FOR

Conflagration
1958
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966
The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Seven Miles to Nakayama
1962
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
Taira Clan Saga
1955
An Osaka Story
1957
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964
The Betrayal
1966

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
160
1969
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1969
Sworn Brothers
as Jokichi Sakurada
1968
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1968
Lone Wolf Isazo
as Isazo
1968
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1968
The Night before Pearl Harbor
as Jiro Shiina
1967
A Certain Killer
as Shiozawa
1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Seishu Hanaoka (Unpei)
1967
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1967
A Killer's Key
as Nitta
1967
Assignment Dragon No. 3
as Jiro Shiina
1967
Secret Assignment
as Jiro Shiina
1967
Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967
Young Boss, Fugitive
1967
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1966
The Betrayal
as Kobuse Takuma
1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1966
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
as Kojiro Kasumi
1966
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
as Saizo Kumogakure
1966
The School of Spies
as Jiro Shiina
1966
Assignment Cloud
as Jiro Shiina
1966
Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
1966
Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity
1966
The Young Boss and the Navy Spirit
1965
Sword Devil
as Hanpei
1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1965
Young Boss
as Takeshi Nanjo
1965
Bloody Shuriken
as Ibuki
1965
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
as Saizo Kumogakure
1965
Young Boss: Prison Release
as Takeshi Nanjo
1965
New Tengu from Mount Kurama
1965
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1964
Ken
as Jiro Kokubun
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964
On the Road Forever
as Ipponmatsu
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1964
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
as Kirigakure Saizo
1964
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Saizo Kirigakure
1964
The Gambling Samurai
1964
The Man Disappears Yesterday
1963
An Actor's Revenge
as Hirutaro
1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Goemon Ishikawa
1963
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1963
Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Yamasaki Susumu
1963
The Third Shadow Warrior
as Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto
1963
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as Goemon Ishikawa
1963
Bronze Magician
as монах Докё
1963
Cut the Shadow
1963
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
as Harima Aoyama
1963
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1962
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Ishikawa Goemon
1962
The Great Wall
as Ching Ko
1962
Destiny's Son
as Takakura Shingo
1962
The Broken Commandment
as Ushimatsu Segawa
1962
The Fencing Master
as Shojiro Sawada
1962
Seven Miles to Nakayama
as Masakichi
1962
Her Hidden Past
as Mondo Hayase
1962
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven
1962
Betting on the Sword
1962
170 Leagues to Edo
1962
Yôki na tono-sama
1962
The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1961
A Lustful Man
as Yonosuke
1961
The Gambler's Code
as Kutsukake Tokijirô
1961
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
1961
Buddha
as Kunala
1961
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
as Suke-san
1961
The Radiant Prince
as Hikaru Genji
1961
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
Flowers of Chivalry
1961
Song of Sado
1961
Koina no Ginpei
1961
The Phantom Samurai
1961
Fantastico
1961
Tabiwa Oiroke
1961
Otemoyan
1960
Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
as Tsukue Ryunosuke
1960
Satan's Sword
as Ryunosuke Tsukue
1960
Anchin and Kiyohime
as Anchin
1960
The Demon of Mount Oe
as Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu / Minamoto-no-Raikô
1960
Bonchi
as Kikuji
1960
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
The Two Musashis
1960
The Song Lantern
1960
Bara daimyo
1960
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Mission Accomplished
1960
Yûrei koban
1960
Lord Tadanao
1959
Samurai Vendetta
as Tenge Tanzen
1959
Jirocho Fuji
as Kira no Nikichi
1959
Enchanted Princess
as Tanukichiro
1959
Stop the Old Fox
as Shinosuke Shimada
1959
A Thousand Flying Cranes
as Hanjirô
1959
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
1959
The Princess Says No
1959
The Gaijin
1959
Snake Princess
1959
Ojo-kichiza
1959
Peony on the Skin
1959
Yutaro's Secret Story
1958
Conflagration
as Goichi Mizoguchi
1958
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Hôjô Tokimune
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Takuminokami Asano
1958
The Gay Masquerade
as Benten kozo Kikunosuke
1958
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
1958
Princess Tsuki
1958
Tabi wa kimagure kaze makase
1958
Hanatarō Jumon
1958
The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
1958
The Magnificent Five
1958
Megitsune Buro
1958
The Swishing Sword
as Shinpachiro Nasu
1958
Ambush at Iga Pass
1958
Nuregami kenpo
as Gennosuke Matsudaira
1958
Bakeneko Goyōda
1957
An Osaka Story
as Keizaburo
1957
Freelance Samurai
as Momotaro / Shinnosuke Wakagi
1957
Secret of Naruto
1957
Love of the Princess
as Arisugawa
1957
Floating Vessel
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Demonfire Palanquin
1957
Mangorō Tengu
as Tokugawa Mangorō
1957
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
Inazuma Kaidō
1956
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
as Hyosuke Yagyu
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Tatsuma Hayase
1956
Gonpachi
as Gonpachirô Shiga
1956
Asataro the Crow
1956
Flowery Brothers
1956
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
Matashirō Fighting Journey
1956
Fighting Birds
1956
Fighting Fire Fighter
1956
Flowery Hood
1956
Flowery Hood 2
1956
Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita
1956
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1955
Taira Clan Saga
as Taira Kiyomori
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Thief and Magistrate
1955
Iroha Elegy
1955
The Second Son
1955
The Magistrate
1955
The Young Lord
1955
The Magical Warrior
1955
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1954
The Princess Sen
as Hideyori Toyotomi
1954
Onatsu and Seijuro
1954
The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
1954
The Young Swordsman