His son is actor Yukiya Kitamura.

[1][2][3] Kitamura met Shōhei Imamura when he was a student of Waseda University and became a close friend so often worked with Imamura.

[2][4][5] Kitamura joined Bungakuza theatre company and started his acting career in 1950.

[5] In 1953, he made his film debut with An Inlet of Muddy Water directed by Tadashi Imai.

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