Suekichi Tsukamoto

Kataoka Ichitaro

  • Name: Kataoka Ichitaro
  • Native name: 片岡市太郎
  • Also Known as: かたおか いちたろう, 塚本末吉, つかもと すえきち
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: February 13, 1877
  • Age: 148
Kataoka was born on February 13, 1877 to Hikoemon HARASAWA, the master sculptor for Kyoto Imperial Palace, at Harasawa's house on the corner of Sakaimachi-dori and Marutamachi-dori streets, right across from the Imperial Palace. Upon his father's death in 1881, he was adopted by Seizaburo TSUKAMOTO. He began an apprenticeship under Ichizo KATAOKA, a member of the acting troupe led by Tomomatsu OTANI, and first debuted on stage under the stage name 'Ichitaro KATAOKA' at the Masagoza Theater in Kyoto. Because he was always on tour around the country with his adoptive father, he never received any formal education.

In 1894, when he was 17, Ichitaro made his stage debut at the Iwagamiza Theater
Thereafter, he joined Shinshiro ICHIKAWA's acting troupe in Nagoya and became their leading Onnagata actor (a male actor who plays women's roles). He met Shozo MAKINO, a theater owner who was one year younger than him, around the time the Ichikawa troupe started to hold regular performances at the Senbonza Theater in Kyoto. In 1908, Makino was commissioned by the Yokota Shokai film studio, run by Einosuke YOKOTA, to direct his first film, the (silent) "Honnoji Kassen" (The Battle at Honnoji Temple). This film, released on September 17, turned out to be the first of a series of films directed by Makino in which Ichitaro as one member of the Shinshiro ICHIKAWA acting troupe, would appear. After a visit in October 1909 to the Konkokyo headquarters in Okayama during which he had discovered Matsunosuke ONOE's talent and recruited him as his new leading man, Makino devoted himself entirely to filmmaking; Ichitaro appeared in Makino's first post-1909 film, "Goban Tadanobu Genji no Ishizue," playing the role of MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune. After his appearance in that film, Ichitaro ended his stage acting career and became a film actor.

Ichitaro's allegiance to Shozo MAKINO never swayed throughout Makino's career, working with Makino when the latter was employed by Yokota Shokai, and staying with Makino after Yokota Shokai was merged in 1912 to form Nikkatsu Corporation; Ichitaro followed Makino when he established the Mikado Shokai film studio to win his independence from Nikkatsu Corporation in 1919, and followed him back when he subsequently returned to Nikkatsu Corporation. During these transitional years, Ichitaro married Makino's half-sister Kyoko MAKINO, thus becoming a member of the Makino family. He and Kyoko MAKINO both appeared in the first film produced by Mikado Shokai, "Miyako ni Akogarete" (Longing for the Capital), which was directed by Bansho KANAMORI.

In June 1921, Shozo MAKINO again broke away from Nikkatsu Corporation and went independent, establishing both the Tojiin Studio and the Makino Kyoiku Eiga Seisakujo film studio and then combining those two studios into the Makino Eiga Seisakujo film studio, which he founded in 1923. Yet through all the renamings and reorganizations, Ichitaro and Hataya ICHIKAWA both continued to give Makino their unstinting support throughout his early career. The fall of 1923 saw the emergence of a new film star, Tsumasaburo BANDO, as well as young new directors Buntaro FUTAGAWA and Kintaro INOUE, both born in the twentieth century and thus still in their early twenties; consequently, Ichitaro was more and more often given roles as supporting actor, and his last leading role, acting alongside Utako TAMAKI, was in "Moyuru Uzumaki" (Burning Spiral), directed by Koroku NUMATA, which was made in 1924 when Ichitaro was forty-seven. Consequently, he retired from acting. (source: https://japanese-wiki-corpus.github.io/person/Ichitaro%20KATAOKA.html) Edit Biography
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
1921 Jiraiya the Hero
Japanese Movie, 1921,
(Support Role)
Support Role
6.2
1920 Miyako ni Akogarete
Japanese Movie, 1920,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1919 Yuten Kichimatsu
Japanese Movie, 1919,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1919 Sano Kajuro
Japanese Movie, 1919,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Nihon Ginji
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Hojo Tokiyori to Sano Gensaemon
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Banzuiin Chobei
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Katayama Manzo
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Sozo Annan
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1918 Orochi no Ocho
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Horibe Yasubee
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Yamanaka Shikanosuke
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Nagao Sodo
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Yaguchi no Watari
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Futaba no Matsu
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Kiuchi Sogonoden
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1918 Sendai Hagi
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Okubo Hikozaemon
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Issun Tokubee
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Toyo Taiko Eiga Monogatari
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Orokugushi
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1918 Maboroshi Daimyo
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1918 Katsuta Shinzaemon
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1918 Seki Byakko Nagoyasanza
Japanese Movie, 1918,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Yogumi Hidegoro
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Shimasako
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Aizu no Kotetsu
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Tengu Sodo
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Tadaomi Choji
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Inu Kubo
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Sasagawa Shigezo
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Nakayama Dainagon
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Kotengu Daisuke
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Date no Yosaku
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Yurei Mondo
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Sengoku Sodo
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Kosan Kingoro
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Genroku Gori Otoko
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Byakkotai
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Aragoro Mohei
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Honmachi Komachi
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Goro Masamune Koshiden
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1917 Mei Yari Takada Matabee
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Asano Daizen: Etchu Sodo
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Oni Waka Kuro Edojo Arashi
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Furisode Sanpei
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Kamakura Hyaku Onidono: Kamakura Kai Onidono
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Tenichibo Azuma Kudari
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1917 Awa Jurobee
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Saga Sanyushi
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Hosokawa Chi Daruma
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Shinmon no Tatsugoro
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Gosho no Gorozo
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Owari Daihachi
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Sanada Shishiomaru
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Shinoda no Kitsune
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1917 Tsurigane Yagoro
Japanese Movie, 1917,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1916 Ushiwakamaru
Japanese Movie, 1916,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1916 Kochiyama to Nao Zamurai
Japanese Movie, 1916,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1916 Echizen Sodo
Japanese Movie, 1916,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1916 Jitsugetsu Taro
Japanese Movie, 1916,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1916 Kanei Sanbajutsu Magaki Heikuro
Japanese Movie, 1916,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1916 Tsuwanojo
Japanese Movie, 1916,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1916 Kai So Dentatsu
Japanese Movie, 1916,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1916 Kaiketsu Ondomaru: Gigoku Ondomaru
Japanese Movie, 1916,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1912 Chushingura
Japanese Movie, 1912,
Oishi Chikara | [Soba shop's son] | Kobayashi Heihachiro (Support Role)
Oishi Chikara | [Soba shop's son] | Kobayashi Heihachiro
Support Role
0.0
1910 Matsunosuke no Chushingura
Japanese Movie, 1910,
Oishi Chikara (Support Role)
Oishi Chikara
Support Role
0.0
1909 Goban Tadanobu
Japanese Movie, 1909,
(Support Role)
Support Role
2.0
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Kataoka Ichitaro

Suekichi Tsukamoto
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  • First Name: Suekichi
  • Family Name: Tsukamoto
  • Native name: 片岡市太郎
  • Also Known as: かたおか いちたろう, 塚本末吉, つかもと すえきち
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: February 13, 1877
  • Age: 148

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