Early life:
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Toyama Shōgawa kai satsujin jiken
Character:
Release Date:24/06/2024
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
Character:Saitō Dōsan
Release Date:27/01/2023
さすらい署長風間昭平スペシャル 塩屋岬いわき殺人事件
Character:
Release Date:24/01/2022
The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
Character:Raymond Fuu
Release Date:23/07/2020
三屋清左衛門残日録 新たなしあわせ
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Release Date:14/03/2020
Castle of Sand
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Release Date:28/03/2019
Whistleblower
Character:Ikuo Yakuyama
Release Date:01/02/2019
がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～
Character:西條征士郎(さいじょう せいしろう)
Release Date:02/04/2018
三屋清左衛門残日録 三十年ぶりの再会
Character:
Release Date:03/02/2018
三屋清左衛門残日録 完結篇
Character:Mitsuya Seizaemon
Release Date:11/02/2017
Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings
Character:Kentaro Ishibashi (voice)
Release Date:10/12/2016
One Piece Film: GOLD
Character:Raise Max (voice)
Release Date:23/07/2016
Case 17
Character:Shuichi Itami
Release Date:04/06/2016
Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke
Character:香月玄太郎
Release Date:18/03/2016
三屋清左衛門残日録
Character:Mitsuya Seizaemon
Release Date:06/02/2016
Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya
Character:
Release Date:08/08/2014
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Character:
Release Date:19/01/2014
Sakura Housara
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2014
淋しい狩人
Character:
Release Date:20/09/2013
Legal High SP
Character:Teshigawara Isao
Release Date:13/04/2013
Asura
Character:Monk
Release Date:29/09/2012
I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore
Character:Hanazono Shugoro
Release Date:03/01/2012
The Last Revenge
Character:Tesshu Yamaoka
Release Date:26/02/2011
Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
Character:
Release Date:25/12/2010
The Incite Mill
Character:Yoshi Ando
Release Date:16/10/2010
Sakurada Gate Incident
Character:
Release Date:16/10/2010
Eternal First Love
Character:Yuichi Makibara
Release Date:11/09/2010
Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami
Character:
Release Date:19/07/2009
Sushi King Goes to New York
Character:Gengoro
Release Date:19/04/2008
Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case
Character:Shohei Kazama
Release Date:01/02/2004
Warlord of the Underworld
Character:Jirocho Shimizu
Release Date:03/01/1998
The Peking Man
Character:Kin'ya Kitaôji
Release Date:20/12/1997
Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki
Character:
Release Date:07/10/1995
Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
Character:
Release Date:11/07/1995
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1994
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
Character:Saotome Mondonosuke
Release Date:03/01/1994
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
Character:
Release Date:12/07/1993
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
Character:Sawatari Mondonosuke
Release Date:27/03/1993
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Character:
Release Date:27/03/1993
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
Character:
Release Date:30/01/1993
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1993
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
Character:Sawatari Shusui
Release Date:26/05/1992
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1992
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
Character:Sawatari Shusui
Release Date:15/08/1991
Dohten
Character:
Release Date:26/01/1991
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1991
The Notorious Bored Samurai 5
Character:Sawatari Shusui
Release Date:06/10/1990
Detective Heiji
Character:Heiji Zenigata
Release Date:11/07/1990
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
Character:Sawatari Shusui
Release Date:10/08/1989
Sensei
Character:Chairman of the town
Release Date:08/04/1989
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
Character:Mondonosuke Saotome
Release Date:29/12/1988
The Notorious Bored Samurai
Character:Mondosuke
Release Date:11/08/1988
The Beauty of the Sundial Mansion
Character:
Release Date:06/01/1988
Spring Bell
Character:Rokuheita Narumi
Release Date:09/11/1985
The Second Is a Christian
Character:Eiji
Release Date:14/09/1985
Yume-Chiyo
Character:
Release Date:08/06/1985
Fire Festival
Character:Tatsuo
Release Date:25/05/1985
The Story of a Man Among Men
Character:
Release Date:17/11/1984
Zero
Character:Jiro Horikoshi
Release Date:11/08/1984
Kukai
Character:Kukai
Release Date:13/04/1984
Shadow Conspirator
Character:
Release Date:26/11/1982
Future War 198X
Character:Wataru Mikumo (voice)
Release Date:30/10/1982
Lake of Illusions
Character:Nobunaga Oda
Release Date:11/09/1982
The Highest Honour
Character:Major Tachibana
Release Date:15/05/1982
南十字星
Character:
Release Date:15/05/1982
Abandoned
Character:
Release Date:06/06/1981
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Character:
Release Date:05/04/1980
Glowing Autumn
Character:
Release Date:23/12/1978
Dynamite Don-Don
Character:Ginji Tachibana
Release Date:07/10/1978
Monument to Holy Service
Character:
Release Date:23/09/1978
Winter's Flower
Character:Michio Sakata
Release Date:17/06/1978
Shag
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Release Date:31/03/1978
Mount Hakkoda
Character:Captain Kanda
Release Date:04/06/1977
The Alaska Story
Character:Frank Yasuda
Release Date:22/01/1977
The Corporation
Character:
Release Date:14/08/1976
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Character:
Release Date:29/05/1976
Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru
Character:Yumeji Takehisa
Release Date:01/11/1975
Gambling Den Heist
Character:Takeshi Kiyomoto
Release Date:21/06/1975
Shimane Prison Riot
Character:Yuji Kawamura
Release Date:07/06/1975
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1975
Father of the Kamikaze
Character:
Release Date:14/09/1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Character:Tamotsu Matsumura
Release Date:29/06/1974
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
Character:
Release Date:24/04/1974
The Blossom and the Sword
Character:Captain Sakagami
Release Date:17/11/1973
Rise, Fair Sun
Character:
Release Date:27/10/1973
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
Character:Shunsuke Godai
Release Date:11/08/1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Character:Shoji Yamanaka
Release Date:28/04/1973
A Woman Called En
Character:
Release Date:29/05/1971
Will to Conquer
Character:
Release Date:17/10/1970
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Character:Soji Okita
Release Date:05/12/1969
Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
Character:Takeo
Release Date:28/06/1969
Tsugaru zessho
Character:
Release Date:12/04/1969
One Day at Summer's End
Character:Shigeo Ugari
Release Date:30/11/1968
The Day the Sun Rose
Character:
Release Date:23/11/1968
Cry of the Mountain
Character:
Release Date:07/09/1968
River of Forever
Character:
Release Date:19/02/1967
Love on the Rainbow
Character:Tatsuya Kitakami
Release Date:31/03/1965
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Character:松平三郎元信（後の徳川家康）
Release Date:03/01/1965
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Character:Sabu, the third brother
Release Date:26/08/1964
The Navy
Character:Shinji
Release Date:13/08/1963
53 Stages of Action
Character:
Release Date:23/01/1963
Tokaido Fullhouse
Character:Okeya-no-oni
Release Date:03/01/1963
A Revengeful Raid
Character:
Release Date:22/09/1962
Keepers of Order
Character:
Release Date:22/08/1962
Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
Character:
Release Date:08/07/1962
Genkuro Yoshitsune
Character:
Release Date:16/05/1962
Knightly Advice
Character:
Release Date:31/01/1962
Young Lord and Second Son
Character:
Release Date:01/11/1961
Whistling Drifter
Character:Tsukinowa Gentaro
Release Date:23/09/1961
Law in Ghost Island
Character:Yusaku
Release Date:13/08/1961
The Orphan Brother
Character:
Release Date:19/07/1961
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
Character:
Release Date:18/07/1961
Fine Man
Character:
Release Date:11/06/1961
Traveling of Two Young Men
Character:Gentaro
Release Date:17/05/1961
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
Character:
Release Date:09/01/1960
Bloody Battle at Dawn
Character:
Release Date:10/10/1959
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
Character:
Release Date:28/06/1959
The Acrobats of Death
Character:
Release Date:09/01/1959
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
Character:
Release Date:12/08/1958
Kingdom of Youth
Character:Yamanaka Shikanoske
Release Date:20/05/1958
The Mansion of Intrigue
Character:Kyoya Kirishima
Release Date:28/12/1957
Shadow Over Fuji
Character:
Release Date:29/10/1957
Avenging Father
Character:Minamoto no Yoriie
Release Date:17/10/1956
Virtue in Spades
Character:
Release Date:03/05/1956
Television Appearances
Believe: A Bridge to You
Character:Goro Bando
Alice in Wonderful Kitchen
Character:Gojo Michitaka
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
Character:
In His Chart
Character:Itagaki Genzo [Director]
Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist
Character:Kyotaro Onda
Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~
Character:
Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi
Character:Wataru Enoki
三屋清左衛門残日録
Character:
Fragile
Character:Kaoru Nakaguma
Seven Detectives
Character:Shuntaro Domoto
I'm Home
Character:Yozo Ieji
Sanbiki no Ossan
Character:清田清一
Hanzawa Naoki
Character:Ken Nakanowatari
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Character:Yoshito Tendo（天堂 義人）
Breathless Summer
Character:夏目周作
Blackboard
Character:Akinori Shioda
Blackboard
Character:Shioda Akinori
Man of Destiny
Character:Keisaku Sahashi
Princess Go
Character:
Absolute Zero
Character:Hideo Nagashima
Triangle
Character:Kuroki Shinzo
刑事シュート しゅうと&ムコの事件日誌
Character:
Phantom Assassin
Character:Koyama Genjuro
Atsuhime
Character:
Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces
Character:Kuwayama Jubei
The Family
Character:Daisuke Manpyo
Magistrate Ooka Echizen
Character:
The Story of Dominating Countries
Character:
忠臣蔵
Character:
さすらい署長 風間昭平
Character:
Lone Wolf and Cub
Character:Ogami Ittô
生存 愛する娘のために
Character:
Hojo Tokimune
Character:Sha Kokumei
Secret Magistrate Asahina
Character:Asahina Kawachinokami Masakiyo
SMAP×SMAP
Character:Skit Guest
Further Tales of Musashi
Character:Miyamoto Musashi
事件 (テレビ朝日のテレビドラマ)
Character:
The Diary of Chuji's Travels
Character:Chuji
Miyamoto Musashi
Character:Miyamoto Musashi
Sanada Yukimura
Character:
Masamune Shogun
Character:伊達輝宗
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
Character:
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
Character:Genroku Kano (Tokugawa Yoshimune)
Mominoki wa Nokotta
Character:Sakai Tadakiyo
Ryoma ga Yuku
Character:Sakamoto Ryoma
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