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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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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie (1969) | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 7 | |
| 2 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps (1967) | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 5 | |
| 3 | A Certain Killer (1967) | Shiozawa | 6 | |
| 4 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (1964) | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 4 | |
| 5 | An Actor's Revenge (1963) | Hirutaro | - | - |
| 6 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade (1963) | Nemuri Kyoshiro | 5 | |
| 7 | The Third Shadow Warrior (1963) | Kyonosuke Ninomiya / Yasutaka Ikemoto | 5 | |
| 8 | Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963) | Yamasaki Susumu | 5 | |
| 9 | Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962) | Ishikawa Goemon | 5 | |
| 10 | The Broken Commandment (1962) | Ushimatsu Segawa | 3 | |
| 11 | Destiny's Son (1962) | Takakura Shingo | 4 | |
| 12 | Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter (1961) | Ryûnosuke Tsukue | 4 | |
| 13 | Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God (1960) | Tsukue Ryunosuke | 5 | |
| 14 | Satan's Sword (1960) | Ryunosuke Tsukue | 5 | |
| 15 | Samurai Vendetta (1959) | Tenge Tanzen | 4 | |
| 16 | Conflagration (1958) | Goichi Mizoguchi | 3 | |
| 17 | Taira Clan Saga (1955) | Taira Kiyomori | 3 |
