Raizô Ichikawa

Raizô Ichikawa was born on Aug 29, 1931 in Japan. Raizô Ichikawa's big-screen debut came with Hana no Byakkotai directed by Katsuhiko Tasaka in 1954, strarring Junnosuke Shinohara. Raizô Ichikawa is known for Bonchi directed by Kon Ichikawa, Raizô Ichikawa stars as Kikuji and Tamao Nakamura as Hiroko. The most recent award Raizô Ichikawa achieved is Kinema Junpo Awards. The upcoming new movie Raizô Ichikawa plays is The Outcast which will be released on Jul 01, 1988.

Raizô Ichikawa was born on August 29, 1931 in Kyoto, Japan as Akio Kamezaki, at the age of 6 months was adopted by his uncle Kazo Takeuchi (kabuki actor Kudanji Ichikawa III) as Yoshio Takeuchi. Started his kabuki career in 1946 as Enzo Ichikawa II. In 1951 he was both re-adopted by Shôzô Ôta (actor Jukai Ichikawa III) as Yoshiya Ôta and changed his stage name to Raizô Ichikawa VIII. He is known in cinema for Conflagration (1958), Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962) and The Outcast (1962). Raizô Ichikawa died on July 17, 1969 in Tokyo, Japan from hepatic metastases of colon cancer.