Utaemon Ichikawa
February 11, 1904 (122 years old) in Marugame, Kagawa, Japan
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
Credits
- 1992 · The Diary of Chuji's Travels as
- 1989 · Sanada Yukimura as
- 1986 · Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches as Mito Mitsukuni
- 1973 · The Bored Samurai as
- 1963 · A Prisoner in Search of Daughter as Kumokiri Nizaemon
- 1963 · Street of Wandering Men as
- 1963 · Tokaido Fullhouse as
- 1962 · Drunken Sword as
- 1961 · Travels of Gonkuro as
- 1961 · The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku as Yamanouchi Iganosuke
- 1961 · Samurai Knights as
- 1961 · The Ako Retainers as
- 1961 · Lord of Steel Heart as Matabei Goto
- 1960 · Queen of the Treasure Island as Chusuke Yamakawa
- 1960 · Lord Mito: All Star Version as
- 1960 · Runway to Hell as Sôshun Kôchiyama
- 1960 · Lord of Red Banner as
- 1960 · Road of Chivalry as
- 1959 · Bloody Battle at Dawn as
- 1959 · A Spectacular Showdown as Sasagawa no Shigezo
- 1959 · Turbulent Highways as
- 1958 · The Lost Public Funds as Asaka Keinosuke
- 1958 · Drenched Swallow Gonpachi as
- 1958 · Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute as Saotome Mondonosuke
- 1958 · Seven from Edo as Katsukawa
- 1958 · A Chivalrous Spirit as Nikichi
- 1957 · The Mansion of Intrigue as Saotome Mondonosuke
- 1957 · Shadow Over Fuji as Sato
- 1957 · Lord Mito as
- 1957 · Lords of Oppression as
- 1957 · Flowers on the Trail as
- 1957 · Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower as
- 1957 · Shimizu Port of Chivalry as Boss Omaeda
- 1956 · Ancient Coins as
- 1956 · Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship as
- 1956 · Virtue in Spades as
- 1956 · 快剣士・笑いの面 as
- 1955 · 牢獄の花嫁 as
- 1955 · Four Swordsmen of Ashura as
- 1955 · Goblin Warrior as
- 1954 · Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion as
- 1954 · Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls as
- 1952 · Tsukigata Hanpeita as Tsukigata Hanpeita
- 1952 · Kojiki Taishô as Gotō Mototsugu
- 1951 · Five Men of Edo as Jurozaemon Mizuno
- 1950 · Fencing Master as
- 1950 · Jiruba no Tetsu as
- 1950 · G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape as
- 1947 · Yoimatsuri happyaku yachō as
- 1947 · The Sea Wolf as
- 1946 · Yari-odori gojūsantsugi as
- 1945 · Tōkai suikoden as
- 1944 · Kokusai Mitsuyudan as
- 1944 · Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit as
- 1942 · Oedo no asagiri as
- 1931 · Bored Hatamoto Appears in Sendai as
- Future · Nagurareta o tonosama as
- 1964 · The Lord's spy as
- 1963 · Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi as
- 1963 · The Mysterious Cape as Saotome Mondonosuke
- 1962 · Showdown at Lightning Pass as Takata Matabei Yoshitsugu
- 1962 · Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa as
- 1962 · Kisaragi Sword as Tsukinosuke Ryûtan
- 1962 · Knightly Advice as
- 1962 · Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion as
- 1961 · The Cave of the Vampire Bats as Saotome Mondonosuke
- 1961 · Samurai Hawk as
- 1960 · The Swordsman In The Golden Valley as
- 1960 · Ninja Assassins as Saotome Mondonosuke
- 1960 · Ooka Seidan: Devil Image as Ooka Tadasuke
- 1960 · The Samurai Markets as Chûsuke Yamakawa
- 1960 · Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return as Saotome Mondonosuke
- 1959 · Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy as Saotome Mondonosuke
- 1959 · No Stronger Swords as
- 1959 · The Unleashed Lord as
- 1959 · The 47 Masterless Samurai as
- 1959 · The Acrobats of Death as Saotome Mondonosuke
- 1958 · Epic Crash as
- 1958 · Eight Views of Samurai as
- 1958 · Aoi Secret Book as Uotaro Toge
- 1957 · Rebellion as Satahiko
- 1957 · Lords of Oppression 2 as
- 1956 · Red-Lacquered Sword as
- 1956 · やくざ大名 as
- 1955 · Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Letter of Challenge as
- 1955 · Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace as
- 1955 · Golden Valley as
- 1954 · 続変化大名 as
- 1954 · Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery as
- 1954 · 疾風愛憎峠 as
- 1953 · The Sun as
- 1953 · Bored Hatamoto Passes By as
- 1952 · 花吹雪男祭り as
- 1952 · Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2 as
- 1952 · Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1 as
- 1952 · Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter as Saotome Mondonosuke
- 1951 · Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown as
- 1951 · 豪快三人男 as
- 1951 · The Killing of Otsuya as Shinsuke
- 1950 · A Thousand Standards of Stone as Sôkichi Fudôyama
- 1950 · Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord as
- 1950 · Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 1: The Seven Brides as
- 1949 · Monsters Catcher Oedo Seven Changes as
- 1949 · Hida no abarenbō as
- 1949 · Guren bosatsu as
- 1949 · Goblin Courier as Haiyaku tengu no Chōta
- 1948 · Black Cloud Road as
- 1948 · The Terror of Z as
- 1946 · Onatsu Seijurō as
- 1945 · 紅顏鼓笛隊 as
- 1944 · Thus the Divine Wind Blows as
- 1943 · María Luz Incident: Slave Ship as
- 1942 · The March of the Restoration as Kogoro Katsura
- 1942 · Masujiro Omura as
- 1941 · The 47 Ronin as Tsunatoyo Tokugawa
- 1939 · A Color Print of Edo as
- 1938 · Bored Hatamoto Enters the Mountain of Treasure as
- 1938 · Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki as
- 1937 · Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji as
- 1935 · Bored Hatamoto Judges 100,000-koku as
- 1935 · Bored Hatamoto on the Nakasendo as
- 1933 · Bored Hatamoto on a Rampage as
- 1932 · The Loyal 47 Ronin as Awajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi
- 1932 · Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki as
- 1931 · Bored Hatamoto Returns to Edo as
- 1930 · Bored Hatamoto in Kyoto as
- 1930 · Bored Hatamoto as
- 1927 · Skull as Reinosuke Ushio
- 1926 · Botan dôrô as