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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.
as Kumokiri Nizaemon
as Saotome Mondonosuke
as Takata Matabei Yoshitsugu
as Tsukinosuke Ryûtan
as Yamanouchi Iganosuke
as Saotome Mondonosuke
as Matabei Goto
as Chusuke Yamakawa
as Saotome Mondonosuke
as Ooka Tadasuke
as Sôshun Kôchiyama
as Chûsuke Yamakawa
as Saotome Mondonosuke
as Sasagawa no Shigezo
as Saotome Mondonosuke
as Saotome Mondonosuke
as Asaka Keinosuke
as Saotome Mondonosuke
as Katsukawa
as Uotaro Toge
as Nikichi
as Saotome Mondonosuke
as Sato
as Satahiko
as Boss Omaeda
as Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Gotō Mototsugu
as Saotome Mondonosuke
as Jurozaemon Mizuno
as Shinsuke
as Sôkichi Fudôyama
as Haiyaku tengu no Chōta
as Kogoro Katsura
as Tsunatoyo Tokugawa
as Awajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi
as Reinosuke Ushio
