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Hitoshi Ueki

Actor
Died March 27, 2007 (80 years)
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.
Known For
  • The Crazy Family
  • Nippon musekinin jidai
  • Big Joys, Small Sorrows
  • Nippon musekinin yaro
  • The Sandal Keeper
  • Las Vegas Free-for-All
  • Monsieur Zivaco
  • Nippon ichi no goma suri otoko
  • Nippon ichi no iro otoko
  • Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin
  • Crazy Operation
  • Crazy Adventure
  • Dai bakuhatsu
  • Honkon kurêjî sakusen
  • Hana no oedo no musekinin
  • The Boss of Pick-pocket Bay
  • Kureji da yo: kisôtengai
  • Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
  • Guys Who Never Learn

Filmography

2007
Maiko haaaan!!! · as Old Saito
2000
Driving School Story (TV Series) · as The Principal
1995
Goodbye for Tomorrow · as Yaichiro Kanazawa
1988
1987
1986
1985
1985
Ran · as Nobuhiro Fujimaki
1984
The Crazy Family · as Yasukune Kobayashi
1982
Tattoo · as President Of Electric Shop
1982
1978
1977
Seishi Yokomizo (TV Series) · as Cast
1974
Zatoichi (TV Series) · as Kobuichi
1970
1970
1969
1969
1969
Kureji no buchamukure daihakken · as Hiroshi Uemura
1968
1968
1967
1967
Las Vegas Free-for-All · as Shinran Machida
1967
1966
1966
1966
1965
Crazy Adventure · as Uematsu
1965
1964
1964
The Sandal Keeper · as Tôkichrô Kinoshita
1964
1964
The Sandal Keeper · as Hitoshi Hajime
1964
You Can Succeed, Too · as A Salaryman (uncredited)
1963
1963
1963
1963
1962
1962
Nippon musekinin jidai · as Hitoshi Taira

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