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Utaemon Ichikawa(1904-1999)

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Japanese leading man and character actor. After substantial training in the kabuki theatre as a boy, Ichikawa founded his own theatre company, the "Utaemon Ichikawa Theatrical Entourage," with which he toured Japan to considerable success. Signed by Makino studios in 1925, Ichikawa made a success in silent jidai-geki, period-warrior films. Two years later, he founded his own production company, Utaemon Ichikawa Film Production Co. Unlike many of his actor-manager colleagues, Ichikawa made a success of his company, primarily on the basis of a series of films he starred in between 1929 and 1963, the "Hatamoto Taikutsu Otoko" series. After he folded his company in 1936, Ichikawa worked successively and successfully for Nikkatsu, Daiei, and Toei studios, serving as a board member and director of production for the latter studio from its founding. He retired at the age of sixty after more than three hundred films. His son Kin'ya Kitaôji is also a well-known actor.
BornFebruary 11, 1904
DiedSeptember 16, 1999(95)
BornFebruary 11, 1904
DiedSeptember 16, 1999(95)
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Utaemon Ichikawa and Kan'emon Nakamura in The 47 Ronin (1941)
Utaemon Ichikawa, Kan'emon Nakamura, and Fumiko Yamaji in The 47 Ronin (1941)

Known for

Saheiji torimonochô: Shinshaku Murasaki-zukin - Zempen
  • Ryûtarô Mukui
  • Hidemaro Karita
  • Murasaki zukin
  • 1924
Tôkai no kaoyaku
  • Jirochô Shimizu
  • 1935
Kengô Araki Mataemon
  • Mataemon Araki
  • 1938
Saheiji torimonochô: Shinshaku Murasaki-zukin - Kôhen
  • Ryûtarô Mukui
  • Hidemaro Karita
  • Murasaki zukin
  • 1924

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Actor

  • Shinobi no daimyo
  • Nazo no ryujin (1963)
    Nazo no ryujin
  • Shinsengumi ketsufu roku - Kondo isami
  • Kumokiri gokumoncho
  • Minoru Chiaki and Utaemon Ichikawa in Roningai no Kaoyaku (1963)
    Roningai no Kaoyaku
  • Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Cape
  • Tokaido Fullhouse
  • Knightly Advice (1962)
    Knightly Advice
  • Yoi-dore musoken (1962)
    Yoi-dore musoken
  • Inazuma tôge no kettô
  • Kisaragi musô ken (1962)
    Kisaragi musô ken
  • Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki
  • Nazo no shichi-iro dono
  • Hakko ryukitai
  • Tekka daimyo

Cinematographer

  • Norainu
    • (as Utaemon Ishikawa)

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    • February 11, 1904
    • Kagawa, Japan
    • September 16, 1999

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    Father of Kin'ya Kitaôji.

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