Kinya Kitaoji
Date of birth: 1943-02-23
Place of birth: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Kin'ya Kitaôji, 키타오지 킨야
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.
Movie Credits
Shadow Over Fuji
1957-10-29
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was
Keepers of Order
1962-08-22
Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama a
Kingdom of Youth
1958-05-20
An entertaining youth drama, which tells about the struggle of a young swordsman Yamanaka Shikanoske
The Incite Mill
2010-10-16
Drawn by the exorbitantly high hourly wage of 112,000 Japanese yen, ten men and women gather at a ma
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969-12-05
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Em
Abandoned
1981-06-06
The film tells the story of a man who was washed ashore on an uninhabited island after a ship wrecke
Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator
1969-06-28
Takeo (Kiniya Kitaoji), son of a wealthy car industry executive, is unhappy with his job and goes to
The Peking Man
1997-12-20
In 1929 the fossil of a 500,000 year old man is discovered in China. In 1941 the Japanese army confi
がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～
2018-04-02
Spring Bell
1985-11-09
Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in N
Fire Festival
1985-05-25
Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, ins
Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
1995-07-11
A vicious plot that would change the course of Japanese history is set in motion when assassins cons
Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami
2009-07-19
Genjuro’s crime was assassination, his punishment was to survive a faked execution and lose his home
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
1993-07-12
The crescent shaped scar on his forehead is a license given him by the Shogun to kill anyone he deem
Mount Hakkoda
1977-06-04
Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the wint
Asura
2012-09-29
Abandoned in the barren wasteland of Kyoto, a savage, enraged orphan does whatever it takes to survi
Sakura Housara
2014-01-01
Shonosuke Furukehashi (Hiroshi Tamaki) is a young samurai and the second son of Sozaemon (Bunchin Ka
淋しい狩人
2013-09-20
Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
1962-07-08
1962 Japanese movie
A Woman Called En
1971-05-29
Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated b
Rise, Fair Sun
1973-10-27
Though a farmer and his fellow villagers in this Japanese film resist the effort to turn the unspoil
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974-06-29
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party,
Dohten
1991-01-26
Jubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.
THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
2023-01-27
Oda Nobunaga and Nōhime were originally married to mend a hostile relationship between neighbouring
The Second Is a Christian
1985-09-14
The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different me
Genkuro Yoshitsune
1962-05-16
An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the pe
River of Forever
1967-02-19
Pure love story
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992-01-03
The life story of Japan’s greatest leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose shogunate ruled the nation for alm
Winter's Flower
1978-06-17
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year
Monument to Holy Service
1978-09-23
A rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.
Eternal First Love
2010-09-11
Takeshi (Takashi Tsukamoto), an Italian restaurant chef, and Ruri (Saki Aibu) could have been lovers
Future War 198X
1982-10-30
An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts fr
Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute
1958-08-12
Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to
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
2022-01-24
Shohei Kazama (Kinya Kitaoji), who travels all over the country and works as a special police chief,
Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
2010-12-25
In the spring of Genroku 14 (1701), Oishi Kuranosuke (Tamura Masakazu), the chief retainer of the As
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014-01-19
In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rok
Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru
1975-11-01
Based on the life of artist Yumeji Takehisa
Will to Conquer
1970-10-17
The struggles of a low-ranking samurai (Nakamura) coming to terms with the end of the Tokugawa shogu
Sakurada Gate Incident
2010-10-16
Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of
Shag
1978-03-31
Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ai
The Alaska Story
1977-01-22
A Japanese sailor finds a colony of Eskimos in the Arctic and decides to stay with them. He comes of
Sushi King Goes to New York
2008-04-19
A genius sushi chef travels to New York to battle it out with the local competition there.
Zero
1984-08-11
Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilo
Glowing Autumn
1978-12-23
A very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by lecherous Sa
Gambling Den Heist
1975-06-21
After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964-08-26
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh ou
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974-04-24
About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he
The Day the Sun Rose
1968-11-23
Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which rava
The Last Revenge
2011-02-26
This is the true story of the last officially recorded case of adauchi, when a young man avenged the
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965-01-03
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a p
Legal High SP
2013-04-13
Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's roo
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
1988-12-29
The Satsuma clan conspires with key figures in the shogunate to overthrow the government. However, t
The Notorious Bored Samurai
1988-08-11
Mondosuke ventures alone into the land of Nagasaki. There, he encounters young lady named Kinue, the
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
1989-08-10
One night, Sawatari Shusui saves a geisha named Osode from a ninja attack. Osode's mother is said
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991-08-15
Sawatari Shusui was told about 7,000 ryo of buried gold by Osuke, who claimed to be a princess of th
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
1992-05-26
The great merchant of Kaga Daitokuya , had taken control of the domain with his wealth and by holdin
The Notorious Bored Samurai 5
1990-10-06
Sawatari Shusui saved Princess Hiroko of the Konoe family, who was about to be married to Tokugawa
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994-01-03
The one who hurriedly ascended the castle upon hearing news of Shogun Tsunayoshi's illness was Saoto
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
1993-03-27
The two ronin that Sawatari Mondonosuke saved were secret envoys from Ryukyu. They could not stand
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994-01-03
The one who hurriedly ascended the castle upon hearing news of Shogun Tsunayoshi's illness was Saoto
Kukai
1984-04-13
The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of Ind
Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki
1995-10-07
In the 14th year of the Genroku period, Asano, the head carpenter of Edo Castle, attacked Kira, the
A Revengeful Raid
1962-09-22
In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss o
Dynamite Don-Don
1978-10-07
Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between th
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980-04-05
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies:
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973-08-11
Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Go
Law in Ghost Island
1961-08-13
Upon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady individuals r
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961-07-18
The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle
The Mansion of Intrigue
1957-12-28
A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.
One Piece Film: GOLD
2016-07-23
The glittering Gran Tesoro, a city of entertainment beyond the laws of the government, is a sanctuar
Lake of Illusions
1982-09-11
A free-spirited girl living in a Japanese province spends her time working in a brothel and running
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973-04-28
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a
Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke
2016-03-18
Yosuke Misaki used to be a promising prosecutor, but he suddenly quit his job. He begins a new caree
Father of the Kamikaze
1974-09-14
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to reali
The Acrobats of Death
1959-01-09
Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon th
I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore
2012-01-03
Ohno plays the role of Tarui Shotaro, an ordinary guy who dreamed of becoming a hero when he was a c
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
1993-01-30
Recently released from prison for a murder sentence, a yakuza boss's wife leaves Hong Kong for a fre
Whistling Drifter
1961-09-23
Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.
Young Lord and Second Son
1961-11-01
A lord explores the lives of common people.
Fine Man
1961-06-11
A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes
The Blossom and the Sword
1973-11-17
Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who cros
The Orphan Brother
1961-07-19
After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they ar
Shimane Prison Riot
1975-06-07
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisone
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976-05-29
A Japanese businessman is sent to Sri Lanka and meets a beautiful Japanese woman with a past. They b
Whistleblower
2019-02-01
A seemingly lazy salaryman is tasked with managing a company secret.
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984-11-17
During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with th
Love on the Rainbow
1965-03-31
A seamstress seeks the love of her life while helping a troubled couple.
Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case
2004-02-01
A couple died in Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, in an apparent double suicide, the circumstances o
Case 17
2016-06-04
One evening, a married couple comes to the Itami Law Office. Narumi Suzumura, six months pregnant, a
One Day at Summer's End
1968-11-30
A Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two Who Go
Castle of Sand
2019-03-28
A bruised and battered corpse in Shibuya, Tokyo has the attention of the local cops. A veteran detec
The Navy
1963-08-13
A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining th
The Highest Honour
1982-05-15
After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expeditio
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
1960-01-09
Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to mo
Tokaido Fullhouse
1963-01-03
When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kir
The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
2020-07-23
Set in Langkawi, Malaysia, professional scammers Dako (Masami Nagasawa), Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashi
Virtue in Spades
1956-05-03
Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.
Knightly Advice
1962-01-31
Sensei
1989-04-08
In one of the districts of Tokyo, an old school is planned to be torn down after the summer holidays
Bloody Battle at Dawn
1959-10-10
A story of revenge between two samurai families on the Igagoe Road. Araki Mataemon born in the provi
Avenging Father
1956-10-17
Shadow Conspirator
1982-11-26
One night, Genjiro Tsurumi, a former ronin comes across a man being attacked by a group of assassins
The Corporation
1976-08-14
Tadashi Iki returns to Japan from a Soviet gulag 11 years after being captured during the invasion o
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
1993-01-03
Biopic of Date Masamune. Young Masamune upon learning of the death of Nobunaga decides that he is th
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993-03-27
Bored Hatamoto film
53 Stages of Action
1963-01-23
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975-01-15
Toei studios last ninkyo eiga of the 70's.
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
1959-06-28
Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
Yume-Chiyo
1985-06-08
Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something c
Monster Strike The Movie: To The Place of Beginnings
2016-12-10
Monster Strike: The Movie serves as a prequel to the net anime series based on the game of the same
Toyama Shōgawa kai satsujin jiken
2024-06-24
Detective Heiji
1990-07-11
Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized
Traveling of Two Young Men
1961-05-17
At the crowded Komatsuya in Kawadome, travellers are holding a secret art contest to relieve boredom
Cry of the Mountain
1968-09-07
Tsugaru zessho
1969-04-12
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
1991-01-02
Kenkaku Shōbai: Onikuma Izakaya
2014-08-08
南十字星
1982-05-15
The Beauty of the Sundial Mansion
1988-01-06
三屋清左衛門残日録
2016-02-06
三屋清左衛門残日録 完結篇
2017-02-11
三屋清左衛門残日録 三十年ぶりの再会
2018-02-03
三屋清左衛門残日録 新たなしあわせ
2020-03-14
Warlord of the Underworld
1998-01-03
On the day of the festival at Takao Shrine in Koshu, a brawl breaks out at a local gambling den run