Hitoshi Ueki
Acting • Born on 12/25/1926 in 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 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 (71)
Ran
Nobuhiro Fujimaki
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Ichiro Nihon
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Big Money
Taihei Kozuka
Big Joys, Small Sorrows
Me and Me
Atarashii Kaze
本日ただいま誕生
Tattoo
President of electric shop
Dragonfly
Matsujiro Kawai
An Autumn Afternoon
Seitaro Sakuma
Oddball Nippon