Utaemon Ichikawa
Actor
February 11, 1904 — September 16, 1999 (95 years)
Utaemon Ichikawa was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in Jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Shōzō Makino. Quickly gaining popularity, he followed the example of Makino stars such as Tsumasaburō Bandō in starting his own independent production company, Utaemon Ichikawa Productions, in 1927. It was there he first began the "Idle Vassal" (Hatamoto taikutsu otoko) series, which would become his signature role. When his company folded in 1936 as sound film came to the fore, he moved to Shinkō Kinema and then Daiei Studios before helping form the Toei Company after World War II. He served on the board of directors along with fellow samurai star Chiezō Kataoka. Utaemon appeared in over 300 films during his career. His son, Kin'ya Kitaōji, is also a famous actor in film and television.
Known For
Filmography
| 1964 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Cape · as Saotome Mondonosuke |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Nazo no ryujin · as Cast |
| 1962 | Inazuma tôge no kettô · as Takata Matabei Yoshitsugu |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Kisaragi musô ken · as Tsukinosuke Ryûtan |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Happyakuman goku ni idomu otoko · as Yamanouchi Iganosuke |
| 1961 | Bored Hatamoto: The Cave of the Vampire Bats · as Saotome Mondonosuke |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Fighting Daimyo · as Matabei Goto |
| 1960 | Queen of the Treasure Island · as Chusuke Yamakawa |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Bored Hatamoto - Riddle of the Assassin's Group · as Saotome Mondonosuke |
| 1960 | Ooka Seidan: Devil Image · as Ooka Tadasuke |
| 1960 | Ôoka seidan: Mazô-hen · as Cast |
| 1960 | Tenpô rokkasen - Jigoku no hanamichi · as Sôshun Kôchiyama |
| 1960 | Rônin ichiba - Asayake tengu · as Chûsuke Yamakawa |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return · as Saotome Mondonosuke |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Haruna hayashi: Kenka taka · as Cast |
| 1959 | The River of Fury · as Sasagawa No Shigezo |
| 1959 | Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Fire · as Saotome Mondonosuke |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Bored Hatamoto: Acrobats of Death · as Saotome Mondonosuke |
| 1958 | The Lost Public Funds · as Asaka Keinosuke |
| 1958 | The Tough in a Purple Hood · as Cast |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Hatamoto taikutsu otoko · as Saotome Mondonosuke |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Seven from Edo · as Katsukawa |
| 1958 | Aoi hi cho · as Uotaro Toge |
| 1958 | Senryô-jishi · as Tsurutarô Matsudaira |
| 1958 | A Chivalrous Spirit · as Nikichi |
| 1957 | Bored Hatamoto: Riddle of the Snake Princess' Mansion · as Saotome Mondonosuke |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Daimyô hayashi: Kôhen · as Cast |
| 1957 | Daimyô bayashi · as Cast |
| 1957 | Hana matsuri otoko dôchû · as Cast |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Port of Honor · as Boss Omaeda |
| 1956 | Shuzaya makari tôru · as Cast |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | The Seven Vows · as Kuranosuke Ôishi |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Koi tengu · as Cast |
| 1954 | |
| 1951 | Five Men of Edo · as Jurozaemon Mizuno |
| 1950 | Sengoku-matoi · as Sôkichi Fudôyama |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | Tengu hikyaku · as Haiyaku Tengu No Chōta |
| 1941 | The 47 Ronin · as Tsunatoyo TokugawaOn Plex |