Utaemon Ichikawa
Biography
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.
Filmografi
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit1944 · 
Lord of Steel Heart1961 · Matabei Goto
Drunken Sword1962 · 
Samurai Knights1961 · 
Hida no abarenbō1949 · 
The Lost Public Funds1958 · Asaka Keinosuke
Runway to Hell1960 · Sôshun Kôchiyama
Jiruba no Tetsu1950 · 
The March of the Restoration1942 · Kogoro Katsura
Five Men of Edo1951 · Jurozaemon Mizuno
Turbulent Highways1959 · 
Lord of Red Banner1960 · 
Travels of Gonkuro1961 · 
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter1963 · Kumokiri Nizaemon
Flowers on the Trail1957 · 
The 47 Ronin1941 · Tsunatoyo Tokugawa
Yari-odori gojūsantsugi1946 · 
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape1950 · 
Guren bosatsu1949 · 
The 47 Masterless Samurai1959 · 
Kensaku Hara
Kusuo Abe
Kunio Kaga
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Jotaro Togami
Koinosuke Onoe
Hiromi Hanazono
Isao Yamagata
Koji Arima
Chiyonosuke Azuma
Kogiku Hanayagi
Keiko Okawa