# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ichikawa-utaemon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:12:46.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ichikawa-utaemon"
name: "Ichikawa Utaemon"
slug: "ichikawa-utaemon"
description: "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 Vassal\" series, which would become his signature role. When his company folded in 1936 as sound film came to the fore, he moved to Shinkō Kinema and then Daiei Studios before helping form the Toei Company after World War II. He served on the board of directors along with fellow samurai star Chiezō Kataoka. Utaemon appeared in over 300 films during his career. His son, Kin'ya Kitaōji, is also a famous actor in film and television."
tagline: "Japanese actor (1907–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Utaemon_Ichikawa_1956_IMG_20220409_0004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1907-02-25"
deathDate: "1999-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.842676
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0406743/"
    handle:    "nm0406743"
sources:
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    title: "Ichikawa Utaemon"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utaemon_Ichikawa"
    title: "Utaemon Ichikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utaemon_Ichikawa"
    title: "Utaemon Ichikawa"
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    title: "Итикава, Утаэмон"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump