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 Destinys Son Kiru Other great works include An Actors Revenge Yukinojo henge Description above from the Wikipedia article Raizō Ichikawa licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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