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Ichikawa Raizō VIII is a Actor Japonais born on 29 august 1931 at Kyoto (Japon)
Ichikawa Raizō VIII (八代目 市川 雷蔵, Hachidaime Ichikawa Raizō, born 29 August 1931 in Kyoto, Japan, died 17 July 1969 in Tokyo, Japan) was a Japanese film and kabuki actor.
He was born Yoshiya Ōta (太田 吉哉 Ōta Yoshiya) in Kyoto on August 29, 1931. A student and adopted son of Ichikawa Jūkai III, the name of Ichikawa Raizō VIII was bestowed upon him.
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 (Kill!).
Other great works include An Actor's Revenge (Yukinojo henge). He was so admired for his gracefulness that in his lifetime he was called "the genius who thinks with his body." He eventually died of rectal cancer.
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Ichikawa Raizō VIII
Birth name Yoshiya Ōta
Nationality Japon
Birth 29 august 1931 at Kyoto (Japon)
Death 17 july 1969 (at 37 years) at Tokyo (Japon)
Nationality Japon
Birth 29 august 1931 at Kyoto (Japon)
Death 17 july 1969 (at 37 years) at Tokyo (Japon)
He was born Yoshiya Ōta (太田 吉哉 Ōta Yoshiya) in Kyoto on August 29, 1931. A student and adopted son of Ichikawa Jūkai III, the name of Ichikawa Raizō VIII was bestowed upon him.
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 (Kill!).
Other great works include An Actor's Revenge (Yukinojo henge). He was so admired for his gracefulness that in his lifetime he was called "the genius who thinks with his body." He eventually died of rectal cancer.
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Flowery Brothers (2009)
, 1h14Directed by Kenji Misumi
Actors Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Michiyo Kogure, Tamao Nakamura, Eijirō Tōno
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)
, 1h40Directed by Yasuzō Masumura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Ayako Wakao, Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Hideko Takamine, Yūnosuke Itō, Saburo Date, Misako Watanabe
Roles Umpei 'Seishu' Hanaoka
Rating73%
Japon, vers 1785. La jolie Kaé épouse par procuration Unpei Hanaoka, le fils du fanfaron médecin de campagne Naomichi et de la belle Otsugi, parti faire des études de médecine à Kyoto. Elle s'installe donc chez ses beaux-parents où elle est bien accueillie durant les trois années que dure l'attente du retour du fils. Mais tout change lorsque le jeune médecin Unpei revient enfin vivre et exercer dans la maison familiale, une rivalité s'installe entre Otsugi et Kaé, l'épouse de son fils.
Sword Devil (1965)
, 1h23Directed by Kenji Misumi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Kei Satō, Michiko Sugata, Saburo Date, Ryosuke Kagawa
Roles Hanpei
Rating70%
Un mystère plane sur la naissance de Hanpei. Sa mère Kin, première suivante de Dame Maki, meurt peu après avoir accouché sans qu'on sache qui est le père, et certains n'hésitent pas à prétendre que Hanpei est le fils d'un chien. L'enfant est confié à un petit vassal. Il grandit dans l'adversité, solitaire et moqué sur son origine, avec pour seule amie Osaki, la fille d'un ami de son père adoptif.
Ken (1964)
, 1h34Directed by Kenji Misumi
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Hisaya Morishige, Noriko Sengoku, Akitake Kōno, Keiju Kobayashi, Yoshio Inaba
Roles Jiro Kokubun
Rating74%
The story is centered on Kokubu Jiro (Raizo Ichikawa), a prominent member of his university's Kendo dojo.