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Kin'ya Kitaōji

Kin'ya Kitaōji (北大路 欣也, Kitaōji Kin'ya, born February 23, 1943) is a Japanese actor.

Kin'ya Kitaōji
Kitaōji in a studio still for Wakagimi to Jinanbō (1961)
Born (1943-02-23) February 23, 1943 (age 81)
Kyoto, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1956–present
ParentUtaemon Ichikawa (father)

Biography

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Early life

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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.[1]

Acting career

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Kin'ya made his debut with his father in the 1956 Toei film Oyakodaka[1] 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 (The Bored Hatamoto). It ran from 1988 to 1994 on TV Asahi. His father, Ichikawa Utaemon, had appeared in numerous films and a 1973-74 TV series 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 Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub) (2002-2004), 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.[2] 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.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1956 Virtue in Spades Young Katsu Kaishū Debut role [3]
Avenging Father Minamoto no Yoriie [4]
1957 The Mansion of Intrigue [5]
Shadow Over Fuji [6]
Golden Spell [7]
1958 Kingdom of Youth Yamanaka Shikanosuke Lead role [8]
1959 The Idle Vassal Pt.13 [9]
1961 The Orphan Brother Zushiōmaru (voice) [10]
1962 Tale of Genji Kuro Minamoto no Yoshitsune Lead role [11]
1964 Wolves, Pigs and Men Sabu [12]
1965 Tokugawa Ieyasu Matsudaira Motonobu Lead role [13]
1969 Shinsengumi Okita Sōji [14]
1971 Men and War Part II Shunsuke Godai [15]
1973 Men and War Part III Shunsuke Godai [16]
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima Shoji Yamanaka Lead role [3]
1974 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode Tamotsu Matsumura [3]
Karei-naru Ichizoku Yoshihiko Ichinose [17]
1975 Cross the Rubicon! Takeshi Kiyomoto Lead role [18]
The Bullet Train Detective Special appearance [19]
1976 Fumō Chitai Kaifu [20]
1977 Mount Hakkoda Captain Kanda Lead role [21]
1978 Dynamaite Don Don Ginji [22]
1982 Future War 198X Wataru Mikumo (voice) Lead role [23]
1984 Kūkai Kūkai Lead role [3]
1985 Fire Festival Tatsuo Lead role [24]
Haru no Kane Rokuheita Narumi Lead role [3]
1993 Rainbow Bridge Chōzaemon [25]
2010 The Incite Mill Yoshiya Ando [26]
2012 Asura Buddhist Monk (voice) [27]
2016 One Piece Film: Gold Raise Max (voice) [28]
2019 Whistleblower Ikuo Tokuyama [21]
2020 The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess Raymond [21]
2023 The Legend and Butterfly Saitō Dōsan [29]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1968 Ryōma ga Yuku Sakamoto Ryōma Lead role; Taiga drama [3]
1970 Momi no Ki wa Nokotta Sakai Tadakiyo Taiga drama [30]
1972 Shin Heike Monogatari Prince Mochihito Taiga drama [31]
1987 Dokuganryū Masamune Date Terumune Taiga drama [3]
1991–1998 Zenigata Heiji Zenigata Heiji Lead role; 7 seasons [32]
2001 Hojo Tokimune Xie Guoming Taiga drama [3]
2002-2004 Lone Wolf and Cub Ogami Itto Lead role; 3 seasons [33]
2007 The Family Daisuke Manpyo [17]
Liar Game Hasegawa [34]
2008 Atsuhime Katsu Kaishū Taiga drama [3]
2008 Genjūrō Hissatsuken Koyama Genjuro Lead role [35]
2009 Genjūrō's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami Koyama Genjuro Lead role; TV movie [36]
2010–2018 Zettai Reido Hideo Nagashima 3 seasons [21]
2011 Gō Tokugawa Ieyasu Taiga drama [21]
2012 Man of Destiny Prime Minister Sahashi [37]
2013–2020 Hanzawa Naoki Ken Nakanowatari Special appearance; 2 seasons [21]
2014 Doctor-X Yoshihito Tendō Season 3 [38]
2015 Burning Flower Mōri Takachika Taiga drama [21]
Massan Ryūnosuke Uesugi Asadora [39]
2015–2023 Seven Detectives Shuntaro Domoto 9 seasons [21]
2019–2022 Kioku Sōsa Ichiro Onizuka Lead role; 3 seasons [40]
2021 Reach Beyond the Blue Sky Tokugawa Ieyasu Taiga drama [41]
2024 Believe: A Bridge to You Goro Bando Special appearance [42]

Dubbing

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Year Title Role Dub for Ref.
2009 Hachi: A Dog's Tale Professor Parker Wilson Richard Gere [43]

Honours

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References

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