Raizō Ichikawa

Raizō Ichikawa

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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 a book by Yukio Mishima) and Destiny’s Son (Kiru).

Other great works include An Actor’s Revenge (Yukinojo henge).

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Ninja, A Band of Assassins

Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962)

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Japan fractures under competing ambitions as Oda Nobunaga consolidates power toward unification. A master of shadow techniques grooms a gifted young operative for a dangerous mission: eliminate the warlord before...
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