Kinya Kitaoji

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-02-23 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Kinya Kitaoji

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...

Acting

1958

Kingdom of Youth

as Yamanaka Shikanoske

2010

The Incite Mill

as Yoshi Ando

1997

The Peking Man

as Kin'ya Kitaôji

2018

がん消滅の罠~完全寛解の謎~

as 西條征士郎(さいじょう せいしろう)

1985

Spring Bell

as Rokuheita Narumi

1985

Fire Festival

as Tatsuo

1977

Mount Hakkoda

as Captain Kanda

2012

Asura

as Monk

1991

2023

THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY

as Saitō Dōsan

1978

Winter's Flower

as Michio Sakata

2010

Eternal First Love

as Yuichi Makibara

1982

Future War 198X

as Wataru Mikumo (voice)

1978

1984

Zero

as Jiro Horikoshi

1977

The Alaska Story

as Frank Yasuda

1975

Gambling Den Heist

as Takeshi Kiyomoto

1964

Wolves, Pigs & Men

as Sabu, the third brother

2011

The Last Revenge

as Tesshu Yamaoka

1965

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

as 松平三郎元信(後の徳川家康)

2013

Legal High SP

as Teshigawara Isao

1988

The Notorious Bored Samurai 2

as Mondonosuke Saotome

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

The Notorious Bored Samurai 8

as Sawatari Mondonosuke

1994

The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

as Saotome Mondonosuke

1984

Kukai

as Kukai

1978

Dynamite Don-Don

as Ginji Tachibana

1961

1957

The Mansion of Intrigue

as Kyoya Kirishima

2016

One Piece Film: GOLD

as Raise Max (voice)

1982

Lake of Illusions

as Nobunaga Oda

1961

Whistling Drifter

as Tsukinowa Gentaro

1973

The Blossom and the Sword

as Captain Sakagami

1975

Shimane Prison Riot

as Yuji Kawamura

2019

Whistleblower

as Ikuo Yakuyama

1965

Love on the Rainbow

as Tatsuya Kitakami

2016

Case 17

as Shuichi Itami

1968

1963

The Navy

as Shinji

1982

The Highest Honour

as Major Tachibana

1963

Tokaido Fullhouse

as Okeya-no-oni

1989

Sensei

as Chairman of the town

1956

Avenging Father

as Minamoto no Yoriie

1990

Detective Heiji

as Heiji Zenigata

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