
Known for
Acting
Born
February 11, 1904
Birthplace
Marugame, Kagawa, Japan
Died
September 16, 1999 (aged 95)
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...
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1992
1989
1986
1973
1964
1963
as Kumokiri Nizaemon
1963
1963
1963
as Saotome Mondonosuke
1963
1962
as Takata Matabei Yoshitsugu
1962
1962
1962
as Tsukinosuke Ryûtan
1962
1962
1961
1961
as Yamanouchi Iganosuke
1961
as Saotome Mondonosuke
1961
1961
1961
1961
as Matabei Goto
1960
as Chusuke Yamakawa