Hitoshi Ueki

Acting

Hitoshi Ueki

Born 1926-12-25 · 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.

Acting credits

Ran poster
8.0

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

Ran

1985

The Crazy Family poster
7.1

Shortly after moving to the suburbs, the Kobayashis start to come undone. Convinced a family curse is at the root of their erratic behavior, the man of the house takes it upon himself to course-correct before it takes the last of their sanity.

The Crazy Family

1984

Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan poster
7.0

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."

Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan

1964

The Crazy Adventure poster
7.0

After being mistaken for counterfeiters by the police, an inventor and reporter try to track down the real counterfeiters.

The Crazy Adventure

1965

Yes! Yes! 3 Young Girls poster
NR

Musical comedy starring Watanabe Productions recording stars Nakao, Sono, and Ito as Toho's new "Sannin musume," three young women intended for 1960s audiences what Hibari Misora, Izumi Yukimura, and Chiemi Eri had been in the 50s.

Yes! Yes! 3 Young Girls

1963

Irresponsible Rascal of Japan poster
8.5

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

Irresponsible Rascal of Japan

1962

Me and Me poster
8.0

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong vs. Godzilla.

Me and Me

1962

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

1962

Maiko Haaaan!!! poster
6.5

Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one.

Maiko Haaaan!!!

2007

The Woman Who Touched Legs poster
7.0

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.

The Woman Who Touched Legs

1960

Tattoo poster
5.7

An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank.

Tattoo

1982

Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man poster
7.0

Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.

Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

1969

Big Joys, Small Sorrows poster
6.8

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.

Big Joys, Small Sorrows

1986

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You poster
6.0

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.

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

1988

Goodbye for Tomorrow poster
10.0

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.

Goodbye for Tomorrow

1995

Assassin's Road poster
NR

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.

Assassin's Road

1982

Youth Season Continued poster
7.0

The Second movie based on a popular TV show about Pintemps Cosmetics and their struggles to make new successful products, filled with singing, dancing, and laughter.

Youth Season Continued

1964

Crazy Big Explosion poster
7.0

Chaos ensues when a secret agent gathers a group of criminals (The Crazy Cats) to steal gold from a bank.

Crazy Big Explosion

1969

Japan's No. 1 Braggart poster
8.0

When hopeful Olympic triple-jump competitor injures both his Achilles tendons, he discovers an old manuscript about self-confidence to join the best company in Japan try to triple-jump his way to the top and marry the company model (Mie Hama) in the bargain. The second installment in the "Japan's No. 1" film series.

Japan's No. 1 Braggart

1964

The Sandal Keeper poster
8.0

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hitoshi Ueki) starts out as Nobunaga's "Sandal Keeper" but climbs the ranks to eventually become a trusted general.

The Sandal Keeper

1964

Crazy Operation: First Move poster
10.0

After being fired from his company, Hitoshi Ueda opens a arbitration company. Experts from various fields gather around him and with their natural vitality, they solve one dispute after another. But as it turns out, their next dispute will be at a global scale.

Crazy Operation: First Move

1963

Crazy Violence at  Shimizu Harbor poster
10.0

The 14th and final "Crazy" feature. The Crazy Cats reunited (minus Ishibashi, who had by then retired from the team) for one last feature, Jun Ichikawa's odd Memories of You (Kaisha mono-gatari, 1988) released by Shochiku. Most of the cast of Crazy lrresponsibles at Shimizu Harbor (1966) return in this sequel.

Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor

1970

Japan's No. 1 Reckless Man poster
7.0

The film depicts Ueki's all-around intelligence and how he manages to do difficult jobs for the company without a fixed salary and how he marries Mie Hamamie, the president's daughter, in a well-told story.

Japan's No. 1 Reckless Man

1966

I Go to Tokyo poster
6.0

A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.

I Go to Tokyo

1985