1943-02-23 ( 82 years old ) in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Early life:
He was born in Kyoto, son of jidaigeki film star Ichikawa Utaemon, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences Ⅱ in Tokyo.
Acting career:
Kin'ya made his debut with his father in the 1956 Toei film Oyakodaka in the role of Katsu Kaishū. He is a contemporary of, and was taken to be a rival of, Hiroki Matsukata, who was also the son of a famous actor (Jūshirō Konoe). In 1964, Kin'ya made his first appearance on stage in Cyrano de Bergerac.
The 1960s and 1970s saw him in many contemporary roles. He appeared in Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima and Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as well as Karei naru Ichizoku. The title role in the 1975 film Takehisa Yumeji was his.
On television, Kitaōji portrayed Miyamoto Musashi in the Nippon Television show of the same name. A major historical role was Sakamoto Ryōma in the year-long prime-time NHK Taiga drama Ryōma ga Yuku (1968). He landed the title role in the long-running cop show Zenigata Heiji, set in the Edo period. In the 1985 twelve-hour New Year special Fūun Yagyū Bugeichō, he played Yagyū Jūbei, and in the following year's special, he portrayed both Tokugawa Yoshimune and Yagyū Shinrokurō. The role of another shogun fell to him in the following new year as TV Tokyo tapped him to play Tokugawa Iemitsu. Kin'ya returned to NHK for the 1987 Taiga drama Dokuganryū Masamune as Date Terumune, father of title character Date Masamune.
Another role he took had been created by his father. Saotome Mondonosuke was the title character in the series Gozonji! Hatamoto Taikutsu Otoko. It ran from 1988 to 1994 on TV Asahi. His father, Ichikawa Utaemon, had appeared in numerous films as Mondonosuke.
Kin'ya reprised the part of Miyamoto Musashi in the 1990 New Year's special. Toshirō Mifune had portrayed Musashi in the earlier film, also based on the Eiji Yoshikawa story, that had won an Academy Award. He returned to the New Year's special in 1996, again as the famous swordsman, in Tokugawa Kengōden Sore kara no Musashi.
His first portrayal of Ōishi Kuranosuke was in the 1996 Chūshingura. He took up the role again in 2004 for the NHK Saigo no Chūshingura and in 2007, in the New Year special Chūshingura Yōzei-in no Inbō. Other historical roles from the Sengoku period include Azai Nagamasa, Saitō Dōsan, and Yamamoto Kansuke. In addition to historical parts, he appeared in fictional series. His portrayal of Ogami Ittō in the Lone Wolf and Cub ( Kozure 2) Which was a series for Asahi TV in Japan is representative of these appearances.
In 2008, Kitaōji revisited the role of Katsu Kaishū in the Taiga drama Atsuhime. He had portrayed Katsu in his 1956 debut.
He won the award for best actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award for Fire Festival and Haru no kane. Kitaōji played one of the lead roles in Hideo Nakata's psychological thriller film The Incite Mill.
In recent times, Kitaōji voices the Hokkaido-inu character of "Father" in SoftBank Mobile's White Family advertising campaign.
Movies
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THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
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Castle of Sand
2019-03-28
Whistleblower
2019-02-01
がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～
2018-04-02
One Piece Film: GOLD
2016-07-23
Case 17
2016-06-04
剣客商売 鬼熊酒屋
2014-08-08
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014-01-19
Sakura Housara
2014-01-01
淋しい狩人
2013-09-20
Legal High SP
2013-04-13
Asura
2012-09-29
I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore
2012-01-03
The Last Revenge
2011-02-26
Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
2010-12-25
The Incite Mill
2010-10-16
Sakurada Gate Incident
2010-10-16
Eternal First Love
2010-09-11
Sushi King Goes to New York
2008-04-19
The Peking Man
1997-12-20
Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki
1995-10-07
Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
1995-07-11
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994-01-03
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994-01-03
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
1993-07-12
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
1993-03-27
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993-03-27
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
1993-01-30
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
1993-01-03
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
1992-05-26
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992-01-03
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991-08-15
Dohten
1991-01-26
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
1991-01-02
The Notorious Bored Samurai 5
1990-10-06
Detective Heiji
1990-07-11
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
1989-08-10
Sensei
1989-04-08
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
1988-12-29
The Notorious Bored Samurai
1988-08-11
Spring Bell
1985-11-09
The Second Is a Christian
1985-09-14
The Second Is a Christian
1985-09-14
Yume-Chiyo
1985-06-08
Fire Festival
1985-05-25
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984-11-17
Zero
1984-08-11
Kukai
1984-04-13
Shadow Conspirator
1982-11-26
Future War 198X
1982-10-30
Lake of Illusions
1982-09-11
The Highest Honour
1982-05-15
Abandoned
1981-06-06
Glowing Autumn
1978-12-23
Dynamite Don-Don
1978-10-07
Monument to Holy Service
1978-09-23
Winter's Flower
1978-06-17
Shag
1978-03-31
Mount Hakkoda
1977-06-04
The Alaska Story
1977-01-22
The Corporation
1976-08-14
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976-05-29
Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru
1975-11-01
Gambling Den Heist
1975-06-21
Shimane Prison Riot
1975-06-07
Father of the Kamikaze
1974-09-14
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974-04-24
The Blossom and the Sword
1973-11-17
Rise, Fair Sun
1973-10-27
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973-08-11
A Woman Called En
1971-05-29
Will to Conquer
1970-10-17
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969-12-05
Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
1969-06-28
津軽絶唱
1969-04-12
One Day at Summer's End
1968-11-30
The Day the Sun Rose
1968-11-23
Cry of the Mountain
1968-09-07
River of Forever
1967-02-19
Love on the Rainbow
1965-03-31
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965-01-03
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964-08-26
The Navy
1963-08-13
53 Stages of Action
1963-01-23
Tokaido Fullhouse
1963-01-03
A Revengeful Raid
1962-09-22
Keepers of Order
1962-08-22
Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
1962-07-08
Genkuro Yoshitsune
1962-05-16
Knightly Advice
1962-01-31
Young Lord and Second Son
1961-11-01
Whistling Drifter
1961-09-23
Law in Ghost Island
1961-08-13
The Orphan Brother
1961-07-19
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961-07-18
Fine Man
1961-06-11
Traveling of Two Young Men
1961-05-17
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
1960-01-09
Bloody Battle at Dawn
1959-10-10
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
1959-06-28
The Acrobats of Death
1959-01-09
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958-08-12
Kingdom of Youth
1958-05-20
The Mansion of Intrigue
1957-12-28
Shadow Over Fuji
1957-10-29
Avenging Father
1956-10-17
Virtue in Spades
1956-05-03
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