Born in Marugame, Kagawa, Japan — Feb 11 1904• Died Sep 16 1999

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 a…
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Tsunatoyo Tokugawa

Mito Mitsukuni




Sasagawa no Shigezo

Boss Omaeda

Saotome Mondonosuke





Yamanouchi Iganosuke

Satahiko

Tsukinosuke Ryûtan

Tsukigata Hanpeita



Awajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi


Sato





Saotome Mondonosuke


Shinsuke


Saotome Mondonosuke

Saotome Mondonosuke

Nikichi



Jurozaemon Mizuno



Takata Matabei Yoshitsugu

Saotome Mondonosuke

Haiyaku tengu no Chōta


Saotome Mondonosuke




Gotō Mototsugu


Uotaro Toge

Saotome Mondonosuke




Saotome Mondonosuke





Katsukawa

Saotome Mondonosuke


Sôkichi Fudôyama


Ooka Tadasuke





Matabei Goto






Sôshun Kôchiyama





Chûsuke Yamakawa


Chusuke Yamakawa

Asaka Keinosuke












Kumokiri Nizaemon

Reinosuke Ushio



