Best movies of Raizô Ichikawa

Actors : Yûnosuke Itô, Shiho Fujimura, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Satsuo Yamamoto,

Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo), a talented young ninja, becomes ensnared in a twisted scheme to assassinate Oda Nobunaga, an evil warlord bent on ruling feudal Japan with an iron fist. ...

Actors : Yumiko Nogawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Mikio Narita, Asao Koike,
Directors : Kazuo Mori,

The main character is a man from the WW2 generation who has lost his dreams in post-war Japan. While working as a cook in a restaurant he also earns some money as a contract killer. He ...

Actors : Mikiko Tsubouchi, Sô Yamamura, Shiho Fujimura, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Satsuo Yamamoto,

Confident that he has destroyed the Iga Ninja, the evil Oda Nobunaga continues his quest to conquer Japan. Meanwhile, Ishikawa Goemon (Ichikawa Raizo) has settled down with his wife and ...

Actors : Shiho Fujimura, Shigeru Amachi, Raizô Ichikawa, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

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. However, as his involvement goes, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.

Actors : Saburô Date, Raizô Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Midori Isomura,
Directors : Tokuzô Tanaka,

Tokugawa Ieyasu is the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle....

Actors : Hideko Takamine, Yûnosuke Itô, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao,
Directors : Yasuzô Masumura,

The Wife of Seishû Hanaoka is set in feudal Japan. Its two central characters are based on the wife and mother of Japanese physician Seishû Hanaoka (1760-1835). Hanaoka developed a herbal ...

Actors : Masayo Banri, Mayumi Nagisa, Shiho Fujimura, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

A samurai seeks revenge and redemption after his family is executed by a rival clan.

Actors : Akio Hasegawa, Yûsuke Kawazu, Raizô Ichikawa, Hisaya Morishige,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Actors : Akira Amemiya, Michiko Ai, Shinjirô Asano, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

Actors : Saburô Date, Kyooko Azuma, Raizô Ichikawa, Ryônosuke Azuma,
Directors : Kimiyoshi Yasuda,

Kyoshiro demonstrates his skill by slicing the clothes from the body of a female opponent, and gets involved in a plot that could spell his doom!

Actors : Hizuru Takachiho, Masayo Banri, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Umetsugu Inoue,

A warlords' retainer offers a farmer the chance to become a samurai, but he is instead forced to serve as a double of the warlord at expense of his freedom.

Actors : Saburô Date, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Chikako Hosokawa,
Directors : Kazuo Mori,

Actors : Kaoru Yachigusa, Shiho Fujimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Ichirô Nakatani,
Directors : Tokuzô Tanaka,

A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence.

Actors : Kôichi Aihara, San'emon Arashi, Shinjirô Asano, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Actors : Raizô Ichikawa, Michiko Sugata, Kei Satô, Ryûtarô Gomi,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Hanpei is an orphan mistreated by other vassals of the manor. He loves flowers and is named the castle gardener. One day in the forest he meets a samurai who teaches him his technique. To ...

Actors : Shinobu Araki, Tamao Nakamura, Saburô Date, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Tokuzô Tanaka,

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. The leader of the Kaga clan, who ...

Actors : Miwa Takada, Ganjirô Nakamura, Raizô Ichikawa, Kinuyo Tanaka,
Directors : Shunkai Mizuho,

The remake of a Akira Kurosawa script is based on the story of the actual figure Ichikawa Danpei who was a tateshi, or fencing instructor and choreographer, in Japan in the Taisho era at ...

Actors : Tamao Nakamura, Sanae Nakahara, Raizô Ichikawa, Michiko Sugata,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Actors : Tamao Nakamura, Raizô Ichikawa, Kôichi Ôse, Eijirô Yanagi,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

Masakichi was a troublemaker until he found a right girl to marry. Unfortunately, his happiness is short-lived - she kills herself after being raped.

Actors : Raizô Ichikawa, Machiko Hasegawa, Michiko Saga, Masako Aboshi,
Directors : Kimiyoshi Yasuda,

Tsurumatsu, a young boy, is supposed to be a new Lord but he's not really interested, he would rather be a carpenter. So he gets kidnapped and it's up to Nemuri Kyoshiro to save him.