Hitoshi Ueki

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.1628

Gender

Male

Birthday

25-Dec-1926

Age

(99 years old)

Place of Birth

Aichi, Japan

Also Known As
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Hitoshi Ueki

Biography

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.


Credits

俺ら東京さ行ぐだ 俺ら東京さ行ぐだ (1985) Character: N/A
A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.
クレージーの無責任清水港 クレージーの無責任清水港 (1966) Character: Sangoro
Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life
クレージーメキシコ大作戦 クレージーメキシコ大作戦 (1968) Character: N/A
A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
スーダラ節 わかっちゃいるけどやめられねぇ スーダラ節 わかっちゃいるけどやめられねぇ (1962) Character: N/A
1962 Japanese movie
女難コースを突破せよ 女難コースを突破せよ (1962) Character: N/A
1962 Japanese movie
如何なる星の下に 如何なる星の下に (1962) Character: N/A
1962 Japanese movie
クレージーの花嫁と七人の仲間 クレージーの花嫁と七人の仲間 (1962) Character: N/A
1962 Japanese movie
夢で逢いましょ 夢で逢いましょ (1962) Character: N/A
1962 Japanese movie
若い季節 若い季節 (1962) Character: N/A
1962 Japanese movie
花のお江戸の無責任 花のお江戸の無責任 (1964) Character: N/A
A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo Tanami, who worked on "Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sannin Yoba" and Kajiro Yamamoto, who worked on "The Story of a Genius Swindler: Tanuki no Hanamichi." Photographed by Seiichi Endo of "Things That Live at the End of the Earth."
思えば遠くへ来たもんだ 思えば遠くへ来たもんだ (1980) Character: N/A
1980 Japanese film.
塀の中の懲りない面々 塀の中の懲りない面々 (1987) Character: N/A
Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.
Sukkari... sono ki de! Sukkari... sono ki de! (1981) Character: N/A
This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.
日本一の色男 日本一の色男 (1963) Character: Hikari
The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was fired but became star. First film in popular "Number 1" Series.
私と私 私と私 (1962) Character: N/A
Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong vs. Godzilla.
日本一の裏切り男 日本一の裏切り男 (1968) Character: N/A
The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".
香港クレージー作戦 香港クレージー作戦 (1963) Character: N/A
Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.
ニッポン無責任野郎 ニッポン無責任野郎 (1962) Character: N/A
Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".
サラリーマンどんと節 気楽な稼業と来たもんだ サラリーマンどんと節 気楽な稼業と来たもんだ (1962) Character: N/A
The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit melody of Ueki etc. [Selection of Actors and Directors].
足にさわった女 足にさわった女 (1960) Character: N/A
Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story about her parents who killed himself and died for overwork to feel sorry about her.
クレージーの怪盗ジバコ クレージーの怪盗ジバコ (1967) Character: N/A
International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword.
クレージーの大爆発 クレージーの大爆発 (1969) Character: N/A
A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
ニッポン無責任時代 ニッポン無責任時代 (1962) Character: Hitoshi Taira
An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.
クレージー黄金作戦 クレージー黄金作戦 (1967) Character: Shinran Machida
The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the seven Cats were the lovely Mie Hama and such Japanese musical artists as The Peanuts, The Johnnys, The Drifters, and Jackie Yoshikawa & the Blue Comets.
クレージーだよ 奇想天外 クレージーだよ 奇想天外 (1966) Character: N/A
A film produced by Toho and Watanabe Productions as part of the Crazy Movie project featuring The Crazy Cats comedy group and jazz band members. It is the sixth film in the Crazy Operation series where the lead role was handed over from Eikichi Ueki to Kei Tani. According to the plot, Planet Alpha Secretary severely worried by the effects of the Earth's atomic bomb experiment and sent Mistake 7 and Zero 8, as a watchers to Earth for a nuclear disarmament.
新・喜びも悲しみも幾歳月 新・喜びも悲しみも幾歳月 (1986) Character: N/A
A lighthouse keeper and his family follow work from town to town, each time making new friends and receiving a visit from his troublesome father.
日本一の断絶男 日本一の断絶男 (1969) Character: Ichiro Nihon
Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.
あした あした (1995) Character: Yaichiro Kanazawa
People from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 months earlier in a shipwreck. They are instructed to go to a small island in the Inland Sea that evening.
乱 乱 (1985) Character: Nobuhiro Fujimaki
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
刺客街道 刺客街道 (1982) Character: N/A
Toma (Go Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick federal lord and travel to Edo. It was said that Tsurunosuke, the man supposed to be the next federal lord, got a heavy disease, and the order aimed to make sure if it is true or not. On his way to Edo, Toma gave a hand to Kiku (Mayumi Okamura) who had a stomachache. However, she seemed to be in big trouble, and there were many warriors on the roads… This is the remade drama of “Wakasamamono” written by a popular novelist Tatsuji Satte. Go Kato as Dr. Waka brandishes a sword to come up against the plot of Karo, related to the inheritance of Takane Han.
あいつに恋して あいつに恋して (1987) Character: Grandfather
It depicts a young man who challenges a 2600km traverse of Japan from Hidaka in Hokkaido to Kagoshima in Kyushu with Hokkaido horses.
刺青 あり 刺青 あり (1982) Character: President of electric shop
An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank.
会社物語 MEMORIES OF YOU 会社物語 MEMORIES OF YOU (1988) Character: Kamikihara
A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.
遥かなる甲子園 遥かなる甲子園 (1990) Character: N/A
Based on the non-fiction books by Takushi Ono (the NHK announcer, not the gymnast) and Yoshinari Tobe.
逆噴射家族 逆噴射家族 (1984) Character: Yasukune Kobayashi
The Kobayashi family finally are able to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment to the suburban house of their dreams. But things are not as perfect as they seem: the house is infested by termites and the family starts going crazy. As the Kobayashis' house begins to crumble, so does the sanity of its inhabitants. Father Katsuhiko takes it upon himself to keep them from the asylum… at any cost.
君も出世ができる 君も出世ができる (1964) Character: A salaryman (uncredited)
A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.



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