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Tag Archives: Raizô Ichikawa
An Osaka Story AKA Ôsaka monogatari (1957) Kôzaburô Yoshimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Shintarô Katsu
Story follows a poor peasant family that through hardship gets some money and how that change them. Read More »
Taira Clan Saga AKA Shin Heike monogatari (1955) Kenji Mizoguchi, Narutoshi Hayashi, Raizô Ichikawa, Tatsuya Ishiguro
Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating Read More »
Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance AKA Zoku shinobi no mono (1963) Satsuo Yamamoto, Raizô Ichikawa, Sô Yamamura, Shiho Fujimura
Confident that he has destroyed the Iga Ninja, the evil Oda Nobunaga Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Adventure AKA Nemuri Kyôshirô: Shôbu (1964) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Kôichi Aihara, San’emon Arashi
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bullseye on his back after befriending Read More »
Ninja, a Band of Assassins AKA Shinobi no mono (1962) Satsuo Yamamoto, Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Yûnosuke Itô
Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo), a talented young ninja, becomes ensnared in a twisted scheme to assassinate Oda Nobunaga Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (1964) Kazuo Ikehiro, Raizô Ichikawa, Michiko Ai, Akira Amemiya
A fugitive christian “saint” (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing AKA Nemuri Kyoshiro 3: Engetsugiri (1964) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Raizô Ichikawa, Kyooko Azuma, Ryônosuke Azuma
A decapitation at the hands of the shogun’s monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action Read More »
Young Boss Takeshi AKA Waka oyabun (1965) Kazuo Ikehiro, Raizô Ichikawa, Yukiji Asaoka, Shiho Fujimura
This is the story of Takeshi Nanjo, the young boss of Nanjyo family in the meiji-era of Japan. Read More »
Shinsengumi shimatsuki AKA Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Tomisaburô Wakayama
As change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of respect for their leader and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. Read More »
Conflagration (1958) Kon Ichikawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai
Goichi Mizoguchi, an aspiring Buddhist monk who became involved in the temple that was owned by his father Read More »
The Lone Stalker (1968) Kazuo Ikehiro, Raizô Ichikawa, Mayumi Ogawa, Kaneko Iwasaki
Isazo is a traveler player and a living legend in the world of the Yakuza, known for his swordsmanship and courage Read More »
Satan’s Sword 2: The Dragon God (1960) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Kôjirô Hongô, Tamao Nakamura
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels Read More »
Satan’s Sword (1960) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Kôjirô Hongô, Tamao Nakamura
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Read More »
Samurai Vendetta (1959) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu, Chitose Maki
Tange Tenzen and Nakayama Yasubei are honorable samurai living in an era of corrupt officials and treacherous clans. Read More »