Utaemon Ichikawa
Actor
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...
Place of Birth: Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Date of Birth: Feb 11, 1904
Date of Death: Sep 16, 1999
Filmography
Actor
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