Hitoshi Ueki

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Hitoshi Ueki

Acting December 25, 1926

Aichi, Japan

Hitoshi Ueki (植木 等, Ueki Hitoshi, December 25, 1926 – March 27, 2007) was a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and guitarist. He won six awards for acting. His film credits stretch…

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Ran

Ran

8.0 1985 Movie
The Crazy Family

The Crazy Family

7.1 1984 Movie
Dragonfly

Dragonfly

7.0 1988 TV Show
Maiko Haaaan!!!

Maiko Haaaan!!!

6.5 2007 Movie
Big Money

Big Money

6.0 2002 TV Show
Big Joys, Small Sorrows

Big Joys, Small Sorrows

6.8 1986 Movie
Tattoo

Tattoo

5.7 1982 Movie
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

6.0 1988 Movie
Atarashii Kaze

Atarashii Kaze

2004 TV Show
松田聖子のはじめての情事

松田聖子のはじめての情事

1983 TV Show
The Woman Who Touched Legs

The Woman Who Touched Legs

7.0 1960 Movie
Oddball Nippon

Oddball Nippon

1983 Movie

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Hitoshi Ueki (植木 等, Ueki Hitoshi, December 25, 1926 – March 27, 2007) was a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and guitarist. He won six awards for acting. His film credits stretch from 1960 to 1995. Ueki came to fame through the comic jazz-band The Crazy Cats led by Hajime Hana. His major appearances were in the Musekinin Otoko film series, the comedy variety show Shabondama Holiday, the prime-time television series The Hangman, and the ten 2-hour television shows in the Nagoya Yomeiri Monogatari franchise. He appeared in the Akira Kurosawa epic jidaigeki film Ran, and received a nomination for the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2007
    Maiko Haaaan!!!

    Movie

  2. 2004
    Atarashii Kaze

    TV show

  3. 2003
    An Autumn Afternoon

    Movie Seitaro Sakuma

  4. 2002
    Big Money

    TV show Taihei Kozuka

  5. 1995
    Goodbye for Tomorrow

    Movie Yaichiro Kanazawa

  6. 1990
    Roar of the Crowd

    Movie

  7. 1990
    Ningen no sabaku

    Movie

  8. 1988
    Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

    Movie Kamikihara

  9. 1988
    Dragonfly

    TV show Matsujiro Kawai

  10. 1987
    Guys Who Never Learn

    Movie

  11. 1987
    In Love With Him

    Movie Grandfather

  12. 1987
    Whisper of the Spirits

    Movie

  13. 1986
    愛しのチィパッパ

    Movie 中原修三

  14. 1986
    Big Joys, Small Sorrows

    Movie

  15. 1985
    Congratulatory Speech

    Movie Ichiro Harada

  16. 1985
    Karate Cop 4

    Movie

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  1. 1985
    I Go to Tokyo

    Movie

  2. 1985
    Ran

    Movie Nobuhiro Fujimaki

  3. 1984
    The Crazy Family

    Movie Yasukune Kobayashi

  4. 1983
    松田聖子のはじめての情事

    TV show

  5. 1983
    Oddball Nippon

    Movie

  6. 1982
    Tattoo

    Movie President of electric shop

  7. 1982
    Assassin's Road

    Movie

  8. 1981
    Completely... With That Air!

    Movie

  9. 1980
    The Long Way 'Round

    Movie

  10. 1979
    本日ただいま誕生

    Movie

  11. 1973
    Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari

    Movie

  12. 1971
    Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man

    Movie Nippon Ichi

  13. 1971
    I'll Be Deceived

    Movie Ryotaru Iga

  14. 1970
    Japan's No. 1 Mischievous Man

    Movie Japan Hyosuke

  15. 1970
    Japan's No. 1 Yakuza Man

    Movie

  16. 1970
    Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor

    Movie

  17. 1969
    Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

    Movie Ichiro Nihon

  18. 1969
    Crazy Big Explosion

    Movie

  19. 1969
    Crazy Big Discovery

    Movie Hiroshi Uemura

  20. 1968
    Japan's No. 1 Traitor

    Movie

  21. 1968
    Mexican Free-for-All

    Movie Susumu Sakemori

  22. 1967
    Japan's No. 1 Best Man

    Movie

  23. 1967
    Monsieur Zivaco

    Movie

  24. 1967
    Las Vegas Free-For-All

    Movie Shinran Machida