Biography
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.
Filmography
all 143
Movies 99
TV Shows 44
Voice 2
Director 1
Alice in Wonderful Kitchen (2024)
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (2023)
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY (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 (2022)
In His Chart (2021)
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (2021)
The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess – (2020)
Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist (2020)
Castle of Sand (2019)
Whistleblower (2019)
Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~ (2019)
がん消滅の罠~完全寛解の謎~ (2018)
Princess Jellyfish (2018)
Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi (2017)
Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings (2016)
One Piece Film: GOLD (2016)
Case 17 (2016)
Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke (2016)
Fragile (2016)
Keiji 7-nin (2015)
I'm Home (2015)
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel (2014)
Sanbiki no Ossan (2014)
Sakura Housara (2014)
淋しい狩人 (2013)
Hanzawa Naoki (2013)
Legal High SP (2013)
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012)
Asura (2012)
Breathless Summer (2012)
Blackboard (2012)
Unmei no hito (2012)
I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore (2012)
The Last Revenge (2011)
Princess Go (2011)
Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke (2010)
The Incite Mill (2010)
Sakurada Gate Incident (2010)
Eternal First Love (2010)
Absolute Zero (2010)
Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami (2009)
Triangle (2009)
刑事シュート しゅうと&ムコの事件日誌 (2008)
Sushi King Goes to New York (2008)
Phantom Assassin (2008)
Atsuhime (2008)
Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces (2007)
The Family (2007)
Meibugyo! Ooka Echizen (2005)
The Story of Dominating Countries (2005)
忠臣蔵 (2004)
Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case (2004)
さすらい署長 風間昭平 (2003)
Lone Wolf and Cub (2002)
生存 愛する娘のために (2002)
Hojo Tokimune (2001)
Secret magistrate Asahina (1998)
The Peking Man (1997)
SMAP×SMAP (1996)
Further Tales of Musashi (1996)
Assassin's Target: Iemitsu (1995)
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy (1993)
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death (1993)
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2 (1993)
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon (1993)
The Diary of Chuji's Travels (1992)
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan (1992)
Dohten (1991)
Miyamoto Musashi (1990)
Sensei (1989)
Sanada Yukimura (1989)
Masamune Shogun (1987)
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu (1987)
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches (1986)
Spring Bell (1985)
The Second Is a Christian (1985)
Yume-Chiyo (1985)
Fire Festival (1985)
The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
Zero (1984)
Kukai (1984)
Shadow Conspirator (1982)
Future War 198X (1982)
Lake of Illusions (1982)
The Highest Honour (1982)
Abandoned (1981)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
Glowing Autumn (1978)
Dynamite Don-Don (1978)
Monument to Holy Service (1978)
Winter's Flower (1978)
Dog Whistle (1978)
Mount Hakkoda (1977)
The Alaska Story (1977)
The Corporation (1976)
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka (1976)
Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru (1975)
Gambling Den Heist (1975)
Shimane Prison Riot (1975)
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack (1975)
Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
The Blossom and the Sword (1973)
Rise, Fair Sun (1973)
Men and War III: The Final Chapter (1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
A Woman Called En (1971)
Will to Conquer (1970)
Mominoki wa Nokotta (1970)
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)
Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator (1969)
One Day at Summer's End (1968)
The Day the Sun Rose (1968)
Ryoma ga Yuku (1968)
River of Forever (1967)
Love on the Rainbow (1965)
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)
Wolves, Pigs & Men (1964)
The Navy (1963)
53 Stages of Action (1963)
Tokaido Fullhouse (1963)
A Revengeful Raid (1962)
Keepers of Order (1962)
Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha (1962)
Genkuro Yoshitsune (1962)
Knightly Advice (1962)
Young Lord and Second Son (1961)
Whistling Drifter (1961)
Law in Ghost Island (1961)
The Orphan Brother (1961)
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku (1961)
Fine Man (1961)
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return (1960)
Bloody Battle at Dawn (1959)
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy (1959)
The Acrobats of Death (1959)
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute (1958)
Kingdom of Youth (1958)
The Mansion of Intrigue (1957)
Shadow Over Fuji (1957)
Avenging Father (1956)
Virtue in Spades (1956)
白虎隊~敗れざる者たち
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1943-02-23 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceKyoto, Japan
Height174-centimeter
FatherIchikawa Utaemon
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsKin'ya Kitaôji, 北大路欣也, 키타오지 킨야
AwardsElan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year, Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor, Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō, Medal with Purple Ribbon
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