Ichitarô Kataoka

Ichitarô Kataoka. Actor: Chûshingura. Kataoka Ichitaro was born in 1877 in Kyoto. His real name was Tsukamoto Suekichi. His father died when Kataoka was only four years old, as a result of which he was adopted by the stage actor Tsukamoto Seizaburo. Soon after entering elementary school, Kataoka became an apprentice of Kataoka Ichizo in Otani Tomomatsu's theater company, making his debut stage appearance at the Masagoza theater in Kyoto...