Best movies of Raizô Ichikawa

Actors : Yûnosuke Itô, Shiho Fujimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Katsuhiko Kobayashi,
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 : 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 : 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 : Yûnosuke Itô, Hideko Takamine, 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 : Kôichi Aihara, San'emon Arashi, Shinjirô Asano, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

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

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

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

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 : 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 : Saburô Date, Ganjirô Nakamura, Raizô Ichikawa, 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 : Tamao Nakamura, Kôjirô Hongô, Fujiko Yamamoto, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Ryunosuke awakens in the forest having no more idea what happened that previous night, as he'd been drunk & hallucinatory. He is surrounded by corpses & can surmise it's his own handiwork.

Actors : Saburô Date, Shiho Fujimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Yukiko Fuji,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

In part five of the 8-part Shinobi No Mono Ninja film series the heroic ninja Kirigakure Saizo (Raizo Ichikawa... See full synopsis »

Actors : Tamao Nakamura, Kôjirô Hongô, Fujiko Yamamoto, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

The story follows the life of Ryunosuke Tsukue, an amoral samurai and a master swordsman with an unorthodox style.

Actors : Miwa Takada, Takahiro Tamura, Raizô Ichikawa, Yaeko Mizutani,
Directors : Tokuzô Tanaka,

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is the textbook example of a bad idea - ...