is a Japanese film and television actor who won the award for best supporting actor at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival for Minazuki, Kyohansha and Kanzen-naru shiiku as well as the CUT ABOVE Award for Excellence in Film at JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film in New York in 2014.
Personal life
In 1993, Kitamura married a non-celebrity woman. In 1994, their only child, actor Shousei Kitamura, was born. In 2012, Kitamura confirmed through his agency that he had divorced his wife of nineteen years.
On December 27, 2019, he announced his second marriage, again to a non-celebrity woman.
Selected filmography
Film
- Yuki no Concerto (1991)
- (1996) as Kubo
- Tenzen Shoujo Man (天ç¶å°Â女 è¬) (1996)
- (1997) as Sada
- (1997) as Hideyuki Sakata
- Mukokuseki no otoko: Chi no shûkaku (1997)
- Romantikku mania (1997) as Ujiie
- (1997)
- Joker (1998) as Hisao
- (1998) as Sada
- Kanzen-naru shiiku (1999) as Tsuda
- Kyohansha (1999) as Yasuharu Nishikawa
- (1999) as Yoji
- (1999) as Ryuichi
- Minazuki (1999) as Akira
- (1999)
- (2000) as Noboru Hirokawa
- Himawari (2000) as Shinji Sasahara
- Swing Man (2000) as Kazuki Kitaoka
- Kishiwada ShÃ
Ânen Gurentai: Yakyudan (2000)
- Rendan (2001) as Ohsawa
- Man-hole (2001) as Shin'ichi Yoshioka
- Turn (2001) as Kakizaki Kiyotaka
- Chinpira (2001)
- Bastoni: The Stick Handlers (2002)
- Onna kunishuu ikki (2002)
- Jam Films (2002) (segment "The Messenger - Requiem for the Dead")
- Yurusarezaru mono (2003)
- Azumi (2003) as Kanbê Inoue
- 9 Souls (2003) as Tamori
- Kanzen-naru shiiku: Onna rihatsushi no koi (2003) as Kenji
- ' (2003) as Boss Koji / Crazy 88
- (2003)
- (2003)
- Kyô no dekigoto (2003) as Surfer
- ' (2004) as Boss Koji / Crazy 88
- ' (2004) as Boss Koji / Crazy 88
- Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: GekijÃ
Âban (2004) (segment "Omoi!")
- (2004) as Yoshio Motoyama
- (2004) as The Controller of Planet X
- Atarashii kaze - Wakaki hi no Yoda Benzo (2004) as Benzo Yoda
- (2005) as Kanbê Inoue
- (2005) as Shichibe Iinuma
- Nureta akai ito (2005) as Shigeru
- Maze (2006)
- So-Run Movie (2006)
- (2006)
- (2006) as Masahiko Sawai
- (2006) as Chojuro Kaneko
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007) as Kazuma Kiryu
- Maiko Haaaan!!! (2007) as Doctor
- Kaze no sotogawa (2007)
- Dôsôkai (2008)
- Jirochô sangokushi (2008)
- Suspect X (2008) as Shunpei Kusanagi
- (2009) as Chi Edajima
- Eo-ddeon bang-moon (2009)
- Killer VirginRoad (2009) as Michio Keizan
- Acacia (2009)
- Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
- Kaibutsu-kun (2011) as Sunil
- Speed Angels (2011) as Asano / Onidaka
- Thermae Romae (2012) as Ceionius
- Bakugyaku Familia (2012) as Yuji natsume
- Nihon no higeki (2012)
- Yokai Ningen Bem (2012) as Akinori Natsume
- (2013) as Shinji
- Jongeun Chingoodeul (2013) as Tatsuya
- Midsummer's Equation (2013) as Shunpei Kusanagi
- (2013) as Shunichi Sawa
- ' (2013, part 1, 2)
- The Trick Movie: The Last Stage (2014)
- Killers (2014) as Nomura
- The Raid 2 (2014) as Ryuichi
- (2014) as Madarame Kyutaro
- Thermae Romae II (2014) as Ceionius
- Man From Reno (2014) as Akira
- ' (2014) as Takeshi Hirokawa
- ' (2015) as Takeshi Hirokawa
- Neko zamurai: Minami no shima e iku (2015) as Kyutaro Madarame
- AIBOU: The Movie IV (2017)
- Blade of the Immortal (2017) as Sabato Kuroi
- The Scythian Lamb (2017) as Katsushi sugiyama
- The 8-Year Engagement (2017) as Shibata
- Color Me True (2018) as Ryunosuke Shundo
- Last Winter, We Parted (2018) as Yoshiki Kobayashi
- Pretty Cure Super Stars! (2018) as Usobakka (voice)
- Million Dollar Man (2018) as Momose
- ' (2019) as Yasukawa Jiro
- ' (2021) as Tatsumi
- ' (2021) as Tatsumi
- Signal the Movie (2021) as Takeshi Ã
Âyama
- The Supporting Actors: The Movie (2021) as himself
- ' (2021) as Watanabe no Tsuna
- Silent Parade (2022) as Shunpei Kusanagi
- Hell Dogs (2022) as Tsutomu Toki
- ' (2023) as Gonzo Kosugi
- From the End of the World (2023)
- Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love (2023)
- Don't Lose Your Head! (2024) as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
- Let's Go Karaoke! (2024), yakuza boss
- Gold Boy (2024)
- The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024), Koremune no Korekuni
- Muromachi Outsiders (2025), Nawa
- Sham (2025)
- They Call Him OG (2025), Yakuza leader Kazao
- Golden Kamuy: Assault on Abashiri Prison (2026), Shirosuke InudÃ
Â
- Yakushima's Illusion (2026), Ryoji
- Samurai Vengeance (2026), Sakube
Television
- (1998)
- Border (1999)
- (2000)
- (2000) as Grey Won
- (2000) as ShÃ
Âta Honma
- (2001, Taira no Yoritsuna)
- (TV Movie) as ShÃ
Âgo Okino
- Episode 11 (2002) as ShinzaburÃ
Â
- (Fuji TV, 2003) as Joji Manabe
- (NTV, 2003) as KÃ
Âsuke Kanda
- (Fuji TV, 2003) as Tokugawa Iesada
- (Fuji TV, 2006) as Gunji Kirishima
- (TBS, 2006) as Seiya
- (Fuji TV, 2006) as Maesono
- (2006) as Takeshi Nakagomi
- Mother at Fourteen (2006) as Hatano
- Bambino! (2007) as Reiji Yona
- Galileo (2007) as Shunpei Kusanagi
- Team Medical Dragon 2 (2007) as Gunji Kirishima
- Tenchijin (2009) as Kagekatsu Uesugi
- Yokai Ningen Bem (2011), Akinori Natsume
- Galileo 2 (2013) as Shunpei Kusanagi
- Hirugao (2014) as Osamu KatÃ
Â
- Kindaichi Case Files SP 2 - Gate of Jail Private School Murder Case (NTV, 2014) as Takayuki Ujie
- Hamon (2015) as Yasuhiko Kuwahara
- ' (2015) as Kakeru Mikajima
- Ishitsubute (2017)
- Signal (2018)
- Folklore "Tatami" (2018)
- Ã
Âoku the Final (2019) as Tokugawa Muneharu
- Scarlet (2019âÂÂ20)
- The Return (2020) as JÃ
Âji Kawahara
- North Light (2020)
- Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange (2021), Mitsuo Kawahara
- Okehazama (2021), Oda Nobuhide
- The Forbidden Magic (2022) as Shunpei Kusanagi
- Born to Be On Air! (2023) as Kanetsugu MatÃ
Â
- Tokyo Swindlers (2024)
- ' (2024) as Shirosuke InudÃ
Â
- La Grande Maison Tokyo Special (2024) as Sosuke Akashi
- Unbound (2025) as Motoori Norinaga
- The Scent of the Wind (2026) as Shin'emon Ichinose
Dubbing
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