Utaemon Ichikawa
Acting
Born February 11, 1904 · Marugame, Kagawa, Japan
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Sanada Yukimura
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
The Bored Samurai
Kojiki Taishô
Hida no abarenbō
Jiruba no Tetsu
Lord of Red Banner
Flowers on the Trail
Onatsu Seijurō
Turbulent Highways
Drunken Sword
Runway to Hell
Drenched Swallow Gonpachi
The 47 Ronin
Guren bosatsu
The March of the Restoration
Yari-odori gojūsantsugi
Nagurareta o tonosama
The Diary of Chuji's Travels
María Luz Incident: Slave Ship
Fencing Master
The Sea Wolf
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
Five Men of Edo
Oedo no asagiri
Black Cloud Road
Yoimatsuri happyaku yachō
Four Swordsmen of Ashura
Lord of Steel Heart
Ancient Coins
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
Lords of Oppression
Samurai Knights
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
Travels of Gonkuro
Kokusai Mitsuyudan
The Lost Public Funds
Chobei the Rogue
A Spectacular Showdown
Queen of the Treasure Island