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 Vass...
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Thus the Divine Wind Blows
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
Ooka Seidan: Devil Image
As Ooka Tadasuke
The 47 Ronin
As Tsunatoyo Tokugawa
Eight Views of Samurai
The Samurai Markets
As Chûsuke Yamakawa
A Thousand Standards of Stone
As Sôkichi Fudôyama
旗本退屈男 謎の幽霊船
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
旗本退屈男 謎の決闘状
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Dokusatsu maden
Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Shichinin no hanayome
Kisaragi Sword
As Tsukinosuke Ryûtan
Monsters Catcher Oedo Seven Changes
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
The Imposter
As 早乙女主水之助
Skull
As Reinosuke Ushio
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
Flowers on the Trail
The Sun
旗本退屈男 謎の怪人屋敷
花吹雪男祭り
朱鞘罷り通る
Ancient Coins
Shadow Over Fuji
As Sato
Kokusai Mitsuyudan
Epic Crash
旗本退屈男 謎の百万両
疾風愛憎峠
続変化大名
Fencing Master
Kojiki Taishô
As Gotō Mototsugu
牢獄の花嫁
Aoi Secret Book
As Uotaro Toge
The Lord's spy
紅顏鼓笛隊
The Loyal 47 Ronin
As Awajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi
豪快三人男
旗本退屈男謎の伏魔殿
Drenched Swallow Gonpachi
素浪人百万石
東海水滸伝
Samurai Hawk
Seven from Edo
As Katsukawa
Five Men of Edo
As Jurozaemon Mizuno
Botan dôrô
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Runway to Hell
As Sôshun Kôchiyama
A Spectacular Showdown
As Sasagawa no Shigezo
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
As Yamanouchi Iganosuke
Tsukigata Hanpeita
As Tsukigata Hanpeita
Lord Mito
A Chivalrous Spirit
As Nikichi
The Mansion of Intrigue
As Saotome Mondonosuke
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
As Boss Omaeda
京へ上がった退屈男
旗本退屈男
仙台に現はれた退屈男
江戸へ帰った退屈男
爆走する退屈男
中仙道を行く退屈男
宝の山に入る退屈男
富士に立つ退屈男
十万石を裁く退屈男
旗本退屈男 八百八丁罷り通る
旗本退屈男 唐人街の鬼
旗本退屈男 どくろ屋敷
旗本退屈男 謎の紅蓮塔
The Acrobats of Death
As Saotome Mondonosuke
Ninja Assassins
As Saotome Mondonosuke
The Mysterious Cape
As Saotome Mondonosuke
Showdown at Lightning Pass
As Takata Matabei Yoshitsugu
Samurai Knights
The Ako Retainers
Rebellion
As Satahiko
Drunken Sword
No Stronger Swords
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
As Saotome Mondonosuke
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
As Saotome Mondonosuke
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
As Kumokiri Nizaemon
Jiruba no Tetsu
The Killing of Otsuya
As Shinsuke
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
As Saotome Mondonosuke
A Sword Against Intrigue
Tokaido Fullhouse
Street of Wandering Men
Road of Chivalry
Virtue in Spades
Knightly Advice
Travels of Gonkuro
The Cave of the Vampire Bats
As Saotome Mondonosuke
The Lost Public Funds
As Asaka Keinosuke
Lord Mito: All Star Version
Lord of Steel Heart
As Matabei Goto
Bloody Battle at Dawn
Lords of Oppression
Lords of Oppression 2
The Unleashed Lord
Lord of Red Banner
Goblin Warrior
Golden Valley
Turbulent Highways
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
Four Swordsmen of Ashura
A Color Print of Edo
Masujiro Omura
Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki
Goblin Courier
As Haiyaku tengu no Chōta
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
As Mito Mitsukuni
The Diary of Chuji's Travels
Sanada Yukimura
The Bored Samurai