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Utaemon Ichikawa

Utaemon Ichikawa
  • Name: Utaemon Ichikawa
  • Birthday: 1904-02-11
  • Also known as: Утаэмон Итикава
  • Place of birth: Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
  • Popularity: 2.192
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... Read More

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Title Release date
The Lord's spy 1964-01-26
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter   as  Kumokiri Nizaemon 1963-08-27
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi 1963-05-12
Street of Wandering Men 1963-02-17
The Mysterious Cape   as  Saotome Mondonosuke 1963-01-09
Tokaido Fullhouse 1963-01-03
Showdown at Lightning Pass   as  Takata Matabei Yoshitsugu 1962-10-27
Drunken Sword 1962-09-01
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa 1962-06-24
Kisaragi Sword   as  Tsukinosuke Ryûtan 1962-04-08
Knightly Advice 1962-01-31
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki 1962-01-23
Travels of Gonkuro 1961-12-06
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku   as  Yamanouchi Iganosuke 1961-09-13
The Cave of the Vampire Bats   as  Saotome Mondonosuke 1961-08-01
Samurai Knights 1961-05-11
The Ako Retainers 1961-03-28
Samurai Hawk 1961-03-05
Lord of Steel Heart   as  Matabei Goto 1961-01-09
素浪人百万石 1960-11-15
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley 1960-08-28
Lord Mito: All Star Version 1960-08-07
Ninja Assassins   as  Saotome Mondonosuke 1960-06-29
Ooka Seidan: Devil Image   as  Ooka Tadasuke 1960-05-22
Runway to Hell   as  Sôshun Kôchiyama 1960-05-03
The Samurai Markets   as  Chûsuke Yamakawa 1960-03-22
Lord of Red Banner 1960-02-14
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return   as  Saotome Mondonosuke 1960-01-09
Road of Chivalry 1960-01-03
A Sword Against Intrigue 1959-10-23
Bloody Battle at Dawn 1959-10-10
A Spectacular Showdown   as  Sasagawa no Shigezo 1959-08-09
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy   as  Saotome Mondonosuke 1959-06-28
No Stronger Swords 1959-05-05
Turbulent Highways 1959-03-25
The Unleashed Lord 1959-02-10
The 47 Masterless Samurai 1959-01-15
The Acrobats of Death   as  Saotome Mondonosuke 1959-01-09
The Lost Public Funds   as  Asaka Keinosuke 1958-11-11
Drenched Swallow Gonpachi 1958-10-14
Epic Crash 1958-09-23
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute   as  Saotome Mondonosuke 1958-08-12
Eight Views of Samurai 1958-05-27
Seven from Edo   as  Katsukawa 1958-04-30
Aoi Secret Book   as  Uotaro Toge 1958-03-25
A Chivalrous Spirit   as  Nikichi 1958-01-03
The Mansion of Intrigue   as  Saotome Mondonosuke 1957-12-28
Shadow Over Fuji   as  Sato 1957-10-29
Lord Mito 1957-08-11
Rebellion   as  Satahiko 1957-04-30
Lords of Oppression 2 1957-03-27
Lords of Oppression 1957-03-13
Flowers on the Trail 1957-01-29
旗本退屈男 謎の紅蓮塔 1957-01-15
Shimizu Port of Chivalry   as  Boss Omaeda 1957-01-03
朱鞘罷り通る 1956-11-20
Ancient Coins 1956-08-29
旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊船 1956-07-12
Virtue in Spades 1956-05-03
旗本退屈男 謎の決闘状 1955-12-28
旗本退屈男謎の伏魔殿 1955-12-25
牢獄の花嫁 1955-08-29
Four Swordsmen of Ashura 1955-04-26
Golden Valley 1955-03-30
Goblin Warrior 1955-01-21
旗本退屈男 謎の怪人屋敷 1954-12-27
続変化大名 1954-11-15
旗本退屈男 謎の百万両 1954-08-31
疾風愛憎峠 1954-03-10
旗本退屈男 どくろ屋敷 1954-01-03
The Sun 1953-11-18
旗本退屈男 八百八丁罷り通る 1953-01-22
花吹雪男祭り  1952-11-29
Tsukigata Hanpeita   as  Tsukigata Hanpeita 1952-05-29
Kojiki Taishô   as  Gotō Mototsugu 1952-04-03
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2 1952-03-06
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1 1952-02-14
The Imposter   as  早乙女主水之助 1952-01-14
Five Men of Edo   as  Jurozaemon Mizuno 1951-11-22
旗本退屈男 唐人街の鬼 1951-09-07
豪快三人男 1951-05-05
The Killing of Otsuya   as  Shinsuke 1951-02-17
A Thousand Standards of Stone   as  Sôkichi Fudôyama 1950-12-31
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Dokusatsu maden 1950-10-07
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Shichinin no hanayome 1950-09-23
Fencing Master 1950-08-26
Jiruba no Tetsu 1950-08-12
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape 1950-01-03
Monsters Catcher Oedo Seven Changes 1949-07-11
Goblin Courier   as  Haiyaku tengu no Chōta 1949-01-04
東海水滸伝 1945-07-12
紅顏鼓笛隊 1945-04-12
Thus the Divine Wind Blows 1944-08-11
Kokusai Mitsuyudan 1944-05-11
Masujiro Omura 1942-01-14
The 47 Ronin   as  Tsunatoyo Tokugawa 1941-12-08
A Color Print of Edo 1939-05-10
宝の山に入る退屈男 1938-04-14
Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki 1938-01-22
富士に立つ退屈男 1937-01-05
十万石を裁く退屈男 1935-02-08
中仙道を行く退屈男 1935-01-07
爆走する退屈男 1933-08-10
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki 1932-12-01
The Loyal 47 Ronin   as  Awajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi 1932-03-01
江戸へ帰った退屈男 1931-12-31
仙台に現はれた退屈男 1931-07-09
京へ上がった退屈男 1930-12-05
旗本退屈男 1930-10-17
Skull   as  Reinosuke Ushio 1927-05-10
Botan dôrô 1926-01-01