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Kin'ya Kitaōji is a Actor Japonais born on 23 february 1943 at Kyoto (Japon)
Kin'ya Kitaōji (北大路 欣也, Kitaōji Kin'ya, born February 23, 1943) is a Japanese actor.
He was born in Kyoto, son of famous 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: Hiroshima Deathmatch 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 role 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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Kin'ya Kitaōji
Biography
Early lifeHe was born in Kyoto, son of famous 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: Hiroshima Deathmatch 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 role 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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Whistleblower (2019)
, 1h59Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Teruyuki Kagawa, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Kōji Yakusho
Roles Ikuo Yakuyama
Rating63%
Tamio Yasumi (Mansai Nomura ) travaille comme chef de sous-section pour l'entreprise Tokyo Kenden, une filiale du géant Xenox Corp, et n'a pas reçu de promotion depuis longtemps. Ses autres collègues, comme Makoto Kitagawa (Teruyuki Kagawa), son responsable, travaillent très dur.
One Piece Film: GOLD (2016)
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Kazuya Nakai, Mayumi Tanaka, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata, Yuriko Yamaguchi
Roles Raise Max (voice)
Rating71%
L’équipage au Chapeau de Paille arrive sur Gran Tesoro, grande ville du divertissement, où les hommes les plus fortunés viennent jouer au casino et assister aux spectacles les plus grandioses. Gran Tesoro est contrôlé par l'empereur de l'or dont la fortune est égale à 20 % des berrys circulant dans le monde, Gild Tesoro.
Asura (2012)
Genres Drama, Horror, Historical, Animation
Actors Masako Nozawa, Megumi Hayashibara, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Kappei Yamaguchi, Tesshō Genda, Hiroaki Hirata
Roles Monk
Rating66%
Mid 15th-century Japan. Flood, drought and famine have transformed the landscape of Kyoto into a barren wasteland. More than 80,000 people perished between 1459 and 1461. This desolate state serves as the backdrop to the beginning of the country's greatest civil war. In this era, a boy is born a beast - Asura. Abandoned as an infant, an eight-year-old boy wandered around the world with his axe and was forced to learn the means of surviving in the wild. In time, he learns to kill and eat humans as well. He stumbled upon a monk who he intended to eat but the monk repelled him. The monk gave him temporary shelter and food because he sees Asura within this boy, naming him Asura. He teaches Asura the Buddha chant hoping one day Asura would understand it and leaves the boy on the side of the road.
The Incite Mill (2010)
, 1h47Directed by Hideo Nakata
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Tatsuya Fujiwara, Haruka Ayase, Satomi Ishihara, Aya Hirayama, Shinji Takeda, Kin'ya Kitaōji
Roles Yoshi Ando
Rating55%
Ten people are promised a dream job that pays 112,000 Yen ($1,236 USD) per hour, no experience or qualifications necessary. They are then taken to a remote underground complex and locked up, in a murderous game that will last for seven days.
Hana Yori Dango: Final (2008)
, 2h11Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jun Matsumoto, Mao Inoue, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda, Mariko Kaga, Nanako Matsushima
Rating68%
Tsukasa Dōmyōji (Jun Matsumoto) and Tsukushi Makino (Mao Inoue) are driving through Nevada. Weeks prior, Tsukasa announced to the world that he was engaged to Tsukushi. He released an embarrassing picture of her eating noodles, angering her. As a result of the announcement, Tsukushi's family become targets of media attention.
Fire Festival (1985)
, 2h5Directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Genres Drama
Actors Kin'ya Kitaōji, Kiwako Taichi, Junko Miyashita, Rikiya Yasuoka, Keizō Kanie, Kin Sugai
Roles Tatsuo
Rating70%
Spring Bell (1985)
Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kin'ya Kitaōji, Eiji Okada, Kyōko Kishida, Mariko Kaga, Shinsuke Ashida, Akira Nakao
Roles Rokuheita Narumi
Rating20%
The Highest Honour (1982)
, 1h36Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors John Howard, Steve Bisley, Atsuo Nakamura, Stuart Wilson, George Mallaby, Tony Bonner
Roles Major Tachibana
Rating64%
During World War II, a team of Australian soldiers from Z Special Unit, including Ivan Lyon and Robert Page, successfully lead an expedition to destroy ships in Singapore harbour, Operation Jaywick. An attempt to duplicate this success, Operation Rimau, ends in disaster, with the team either killed or captured. Those soldiers who are interrogated by the Japanese in Singapore, with Page forming a friendship with Minoru Tamiya. Eventually all the Australians are convicted of war crimes and are executed.
Future War 198X (1982)
, 2h5Directed by Toshio Masuda
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Action, Animation
Actors Masashi Amenomori, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Masako Natsume, Keiichi Noda, Hidekatsu Shibata, Osamu Kobayashi
Roles Wataru Mikumo (voice)
Rating62%
The film tells of the events leading up to World War III and the characters it most closely affects. Burt, an American scientist and a specialist in Star Wars orbital antimissile lasers, invents a Missile Defense System, making it so the USA no longer feels threatened by nuclear war. The world looks on as his test is successful. His sister and best friend, Laura and Wataru, soon find out that he has been kidnapped by Soviet spies. Burt is kept on a Russian submarine on its way to Vladivostok. To prevent leakage of information, the U.S. use nuclear torpedoes to sink the ship.
Winter's Flower (1978)
, 2h1Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Yakuza films
Actors Ken Takakura, Kunie Tanaka, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Susumu Fujita, Isao Natsuyagi, Asao Koike
Roles Michio Sakata
Rating66%
Hideji Kanno, membre d'un clan yakuza de Yokohama sort de prison après avoir purgé une peine de quinze années d'emprisonnement pour le meurtre de Matsuoka qui avait trahi leur boss. Matuoka avait une fille de trois ans, Yōko, au moment des faits et Hideji s'est assuré par l'intermédiaire de son ami Kōkichi Minami que cette dernière ne manque de rien et suive une éducation de jeune fille normale. Yōko ignore tout de l'implication de Hideji dans la mort de son père et elle pense que son bienfaiteur est un oncle vivant à l'étranger.
Mount Hakkoda (1977)
, 2h49Directed by Shirō Moritani
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Ken Takakura, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Rentarō Mikuni, Hideji Ōtaki, Tetsurō Tanba, Shōgo Shimada
Roles Captain Kanda
Rating68%
En 1902, au Japon, une compagnie de soldats japonais, commandée par le colonel Nakabayashi, entreprend une traversée des Monts Hakkoda. Malgré l'apparition d'une importante tempête de neige, les officiers décident de continuer le voyage. La quasi-totalité des hommes périront de froid ou d'épuisement.
The Corporation (1976)
Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurō Tanba, Isao Yamagata, Shiho Fujimura, Hisashi Igawa, Hideji Ōtaki
Rating67%
The Bullet Train (1975)
, 1h55Directed by Jun'ya Satō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Disaster films
Actors Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, Ken Utsui, Akira Oda, Tetsurō Tanba, Kei Yamamoto
Rating67%
Tetsuo Okita is a former businessman who lost his manufacturing company to bankruptcy and separated from his wife and son a year earlier. Desperate to make ends meet and start over, he collaborates with activist Masaru Koga and his former employee Hiroshi Ōshiro in an elaborate plot to extort money from the government.
, 1h38Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Bunta Sugawara, Nobuo Kaneko, Akira Kobayashi, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Shingo Yamashiro, Kunie Tanaka
Roles Tamotsu Matsumura
Rating72%
Following the previous film, Shozo Hirono is serving seven years in prison and Akira Takeda was released from prison on a technicality. Takeda then united all the families in the Hiroshima region, shed their yakuza image, and formed the Tensei Coalition political party. In August 1965, Takeda is leader as Chairman, Katsutoshi Otomo is Vice Chairman, Tamotsu Matsumura is Managing Director, Hideo Hayakawa is Secretary General, and Shoichi Eda a Director. Hirono's men get into an altercation with some low-level Tensei members. Elder yakuza Otomo and Hayakawa demand the instigators should have to commit yubitsume, however, after a vote the Coalition agrees to let Matsumura handle discipline on account of wanting to avoid the rituals tied to yakuza for their public image. In 1966, Hirono's friend Terukichi Ichioka has a Tensei financial adviser killed and attends the funeral, angering Otomo who openly vows to take him on. However, Takeda threatens that anyone who responds to the attack will be expelled from Tensei.
, 1h40Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Bunta Sugawara, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Meiko Kaji, Kunie Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko
Roles Shoji Yamanaka
Rating74%
In 1950 Hiroshima City, Shoji Yamanaka is involved in a fight over cheating in a card game and stabs several men. He is sentenced to two years in prison, where he befriends Shozo Hirono. When he is released from prison, the waitress at a restaurant offers to let him eat for free but a gang led by Katsutoshi Otomo, the rebellious son of Choji Otomo, beat him. He is saved by Otomo senior and is offered to join the yakuza by Muraoka, the waitress Yasuko's uncle. Yamanaka serves under Muraoka's sworn brother Kunimatsu Takanashi, until he is chased out of Hiroshima by Muraoka for beginning a romantic relationship with the widowed Yasuko.