Where to watch Utaemon Ichikawa in the UK
Find every Utaemon Ichikawa film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 2 August 2026.
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" (Hatamoto taikutsu otoko) series, which would become his signature role. When his company folded in 1936 as sound film came to the fore, he moved …
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- Sanada Yukimura (1989) Cast
- Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches (1986) as Mito Mitsukuni
- Hida no abarenbō (1949) Cast
- Kojiki Taishô (1952) as Gotō Mototsugu
- Jiruba no Tetsu (1950) Cast
- Lord of Red Banner (1960) Cast
- Runway to Hell (1960) as Sôshun Kôchiyama
- Drenched Swallow Gonpachi (1958) Cast
- Turbulent Highways (1959) Cast
- Guren bosatsu (1949) Cast
- Drunken Sword (1962) Cast
- Flowers on the Trail (1957) Cast
- The Bored Samurai (1973) Cast
- The 47 Ronin (1941) as Tsunatoyo Tokugawa
- Black Cloud Road (1948) Cast
- Onatsu Seijurō (1946) Cast
- Yari-odori gojūsantsugi (1946) Cast
- The March of the Restoration (1942) as Kogoro Katsura
- Yoimatsuri happyaku yachō (1947) Cast
- The Lost Public Funds (1958) as Asaka Keinosuke
- Nagurareta o tonosama Cast
- Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit (1944) Cast
- María Luz Incident: Slave Ship (1943) Cast
- The Sea Wolf (1947) Cast
- Chobei the Rogue (1949) Cast
- Oedo no asagiri (1942) Cast
- The Diary of Chuji's Travels (1992) Cast
- A Prisoner in Search of Daughter (1963) as Kumokiri Nizaemon
- Fencing Master (1950) Cast
- Five Men of Edo (1951) as Jurozaemon Mizuno
- Lord of Steel Heart (1961) as Matabei Goto
- Ancient Coins (1956) Cast
- Lords of Oppression (1957) Cast
- Kokusai Mitsuyudan (1944) Cast
- Samurai Knights (1961) Cast
- Four Swordsmen of Ashura (1955) Cast
- Knightly Advice (1962) Cast
- G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape (1950) Cast
- Queen of the Treasure Island (1960) as Chusuke Yamakawa
- Travels of Gonkuro (1961) Cast
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Utaemon Ichikawa's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
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Most-watched Utaemon Ichikawa films currently: Hida no abarenbō (1949), Kojiki Taishô (1952), Jiruba no Tetsu (1950), Lord of Red Banner (1960), Runway to Hell (1960).
What TV shows has Utaemon Ichikawa appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Sanada Yukimura (1989), Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches (1986), The Bored Samurai (1973), The Diary of Chuji's Travels (1992).
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