Utaemon Ichikawa (1904–1999)

Actor | Cinematographer

Japanese leading man and character actor. After substantial training in the kabuki theatre as a boy...

Born: February 11, 1904
Died: September 16, 1999 (age 95)

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Filmography

Known For

Saheiji torimonochô: Shinshaku Murasaki-zukin - Zempen Ryûtarô Mukui / Hidemaro Karita / Murasaki zukin (1924)
Chûshingura Awajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi (1932)
Tôkai no kaoyaku Jirochô Shimizu (1935)
Known For

Kengô Araki Mataemon Mataemon Araki (1938)
Actor

The Daimyo Spy (1964)
Nazo no ryujin (1963)
Shinsengumi ketsufu roku - Kondo isami (1963)
Terrible Record of Kumokiri (1963)
Street of Wandering Men (1963)
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Cape (1963)
Tokaido Fullhouse (1963)
Knightly Advice Shogun's uncle (1962)
Drunken Sword (1962)
Inazuma tôge no kettô (1962)
Kisaragi musô ken Tsukinosuke Ryûtan (1962)
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki (1962)
Nazo no shichi-iro dono (1961)
Hakko ryukitai (1961)
Fighting Daimyo (1961)
Happyakuman seki ni idomu otoko (1961)
Bored Hatamoto: The Cave of the Vampire Bats (1961)
Ako roshi Hizaka (1961)
Hatamoto kenka taka Daikichi Takara (1961)
Wakasame torimon-cho (1960)
Queen of the Treasure Island Chusuke Yamakawa (1960)
Mystery of Ghost Island (1960)
Mystery of the Assassination Squad (1960)
Kurobe dani no dai kenkyaku (1960)
Lord Mito 3: All Star Version (1960)
Bored Hatamoto - Riddle of the Assassin's Group (1960)
Tenpô rokkasen - Jigoku no hanamichi Sôshun Kôchiyama (1960)
Rônin ichiba - Asayake tengu Chûsuke Yamakawa (1960)
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return (1960)
Bored Hatamoto: Acrobats of Death Saotome Mondonosuke (1959)
Senryô-jishi Tsurutarô Matsudaira / Miyotarô ShinjôMa (1959)
A Sword Against Intrigue (1959)
Sanguine Battle (1959)
The River of Fury (1959)
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Fire (1959)
No Stronger Swords (1959)
The 47 Masterless Samurai (1959)
Eight Views of Samurai (1958)
A Chivalrous Spirit Nikichi (1958)
Nuretsubame: kurenai gonbachi (1958)
The Tough in a Purple Hood (1958)
The Lost Public Funds (1958)
Sword Against Fate (1958)
Kenka taiheiki (1958)
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko Saotome Mondonosuke (1958)
Seven from Edo Katsukawa (1958)
Port of Honor (1957)
Hayatozoku no hanran (1957)
Fuji ni tatsu kage (1957)
Bored Hatamoto: Riddle of the Snake Princess' Mansion Hatamoto (1957)
Lord Mito 1 (1957)
Nazo no yurei-sen (1956)
Ancient Coins (1956)
The Seven Vows Kuranosuke Ôishi (1956)
The Jailed Bride (1955)
Wind and Clouds in the Valley of Shogi (1955)
Shura hakkô (1952)
Tsukigata Hanpeita (1952)
Five Men of Edo (1951)
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: tôjin-gai no oni (1951)
The Killing of Otsuya (1951)
Sengoku-matoi Sôkichi Fudôyama (1950)
Midare-boshi Kôjin-yama Nikichi at Kira (1950)
Tateshi Danpei (1950)
Jiruba Tetsu (1950)
Senritu (1950)
Nippon G Men: Dai-ni-wa - Nansenzaki no kettô (1950)
Tengu hikyaku (1949)
Black Cloud Road (1948)
Koku'un kaido (1948)
Z no senritsu (1948)
Yari-odori gojûsantsugi (1946)
Kojiki taishô (1945)
Kikuchi sembon-yari: Shidonî tokubetsu kôgeki-tai Takeshige Kikuchi (1944)
Kakute kamikaze wa fuku (1944)
Kokusai mitsuyu-dan Tôru Koshi (1944)
Maria Luz-gô jiken - Doreisen (1943)
Ômura Masujirô Ômura Masujirô (1942)
The 47 Ronin Tsunatoyo Tokugawa (1941)
Nishikie edosugata hatamoto to machiyakko (1939)
Satsuma-bikyaku (1938)
Kengô Araki Mataemon Mataemon Araki (1938)
Yûten Yoshimatsu Yoshimatsu (1937)
Jâ no me sadakurô (1936)
Beniya kômori (1936)
Akutarô shishi (1936)
Nakagawa, Nobuo (1935)
Jigoku bayashi: kôhen (1935)
Jumangoku wo sabaku takutsu otoko (1935)
Nakasendo wo yuku taikutsu otoko (1935)
Ronin taiheiki (1935)
Hakone hachiri (1935)
Goyôuta Nezumi kozô Jirokichi (Nezumi kozô) (1935)
Haji wo shiru mono (1935)
Tôkai no kaoyaku Jirochô Shimizu (1935)
Ii tairô zankan daiisseî inada shigezôhen (1934)
Ii tairô zankan daiisseî ansei tagokuhen (1934)
Taifû jidaî (1934)
Naruheî tabigoromô (1934)
Adauchi tsuchi ningyô (1934)
Sengoku uzura (1934)
Onshû mitose nikki (1934)
Mikazuki no ken (1934)
Ôedo shishirokû (1934)
Mushâ ekuzurê (1934)
Myojô toge (1934)
Îzayoi cho: zenpen (1933)
Îzayoi cho: kôhen (1933)
Naritayâ no yasû (1933)
Akiba no shozo (1933)
Shunshû amigasabushî (1933)
Tâishigiri no yasâ (1933)
Shippû shosetsû (1933)
Mushukû fukamigasâ (1933)
Mushukû satarô (1933)
Teki eno michi (1933)
Bakuso suru taikutsu otoko (1933)
Yurei gyôretsu (1933)
Horô no meikun (1933)
Ashigaru tosugekitai (1933)
Matatabi waraji gojitsubanashi yowataridori (1932)
Sanmangokû (1932)
Jinnaî niwaka yakunin (1932)
Matoba hanjirô (1932)
Musashi taheitâ (1932)
Genroku onna (1932)
Genzô kaji kanchô otatsu no maki (1932)
Ôkitsu no shinzo (1932)
Renaî yakuza odorî (1932)
Chorakujî no shintaro (1932)
Koî to bokun (1932)
Funn genrôkushi (1932)
Chûshingura Awajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi (1932)
Chûshingura - Kôhen: Edo no maki (1932)
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki (1932)
Kenkyô tatsumaki (1931)
Yachîn to musume to higeronîn (1931)
Sakata shigêemôn (1931)
Akoroshî ichiban yarî (1931)
Shimizu Jirochô matatabîhen (1931)
Jûsanbanmê no doshi (1931)
Matsuba kanzashi (1931)
Suri no ie (1931)
Haruna no umegako yasûnaka kûsazo (1931)
Kobo senri wo iku (1931)
Êdoe kaettâ taikutsu otoko (1931)
Sendaî ni arâwaretâ taikutsou otoko (1931)
Asakusa kuzurê (1931)
Sandogasa (1931)
Maboroshi-tôge - Tôkyô-hen Jimbei Ôniwa (1931)
Maboroshi-tôge - Edo-hen Jimbei Ôniwa (1931)
Sênsengaî (1930)
Dâiseisatsû (1930)
Ken (1930)
Nangyô kugyô (1930)
Horobiyuku bushido (1930)
Hataoto taikutsu otoko (1930)
Gankubi juryô (1930)
Joshu Mushukujin (1930)
Kyoe agattâ taikutsu otoko (1930)
Karigane bunshichi (1930)
Harada kai (1930)
Tobû, uta (1930)
Inochi no honô (1930)
Reigan (1929)
Reigan (1929)
Norainu (1929)
Koganei Kojirô (1929)
Sûtebachî (1929)
Guren jôdo (1929)
Nikkô no enzô (1929)
Kami (1929)
Ashigaru kenpô (1929)
Matatabi waraji (1929)
Edô jochi banashi (1929)
Issatsu tashôken Jûbei Ogata / Yonekichi (1929)
Seishun kekki: kôhen (1928)
Seishun kekki: zenpen (1928)
Kizuna (1928)
Sanshita yarô (1928)
Sakai tadasuke (1928)
Kagerô (1928)
Ketsurui (1928)
Kamon nagashi (1928)
Yaju: kôhen (1927)
Yaju: zenpen (1927)
Onmitsu (1927)
Jokon (1927)
Warauakare kinpei: zenpen (1927)
Kagebôshi torimonochô: kôhen (1927)
Dokuro (1927)
Naruto hichô: Dai ippen (1926)
Murasaki zukin: zenpen (1926)
Yashao: zenpen (1926)
Yashao: kôhen (1926)
Botan dôrô (1926)
Kâsugayâma no tsuki (1926)
Murasaki zukin: kôhen (1926)
Âkagiyama oroshi (1926)
Kagebôshi torimonochô: zenpen (1926)
Genmâ (1926)
Kujaku no hikari - Dai-Sampen Chûnagon Sakaimachi / Kyûma Fujishima (1926)
Kujaku no hikari - Dai-nihen Kyûma Fujishima / Chûnagon Sakaimachi (1926)
Kujaku no kikari - zenpen Kyûma Fujishima (1926)
Kurokami jigoku: zenpen (1925)
Kurokami jigoku: kôhen (1925)
Saheiji torimonochô: Shinshaku Murasaki-zukin - Kôhen Ryûtarô Mukui / Hidemaro Karita (1924)
Actor

Saheiji torimonochô: Shinshaku Murasaki-zukin - Zempen Ryûtarô Mukui / Hidemaro Karita (1924)
Archive footage

The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards (2000)
Cinematographer

Norainu (1929)

All Filmography

Awards

3 wins.

Did You Know

Trivia

Father of Kin'ya Kitaôji.

Star Sign

Aquarius

Personal Details

Born

February 11, 1904
Kagawa, Japan

Died

September 16, 1999 (age 95)

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