Kenjiro Uemura

Acting

Kenjiro Uemura

Born 1914-01-03 · Naito, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Acting credits

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity poster
8.2

Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959

Dedication of the Great Buddha poster
10.0

The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of the Buddha. This work is based on a play by Hideo Osada, which was performed by the Shin Kyodo Theater Company in 1940.

Dedication of the Great Buddha

1952

The Quiet Duel poster
7.3

A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he confronts the irresponsible patient who infected him—testing his ethics, pride, and capacity for sacrifice.

The Quiet Duel

1949

Blood for Blood poster
7.0

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the city has sprouted into a boomtown and business is good. Two of the most infamous mobs of Tokyo want a piece of the pie. As out-of-town yakuza flood the city overnight, the crime boss of the Akiba family, Tezuka (Joe Shishido), is released from prison after a five year sentence. He does not like the "change" he sees.

Blood for Blood

1971

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District poster
7.0

A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

1956

Gate of Hell poster
7.1

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

Gate of Hell

1953

The Green Music Box poster
5.0

Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.

The Green Music Box

1955

Asakusa no hada poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Asakusa no hada

1950

Daigaku no kotengu poster
NR

With his mother’s wishes and a young woman’s prayers in his heart, a spirited young man fights to uphold the honor of college judo.

Daigaku no kotengu

1952

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Honoo no hada

1951

The Mysterious House poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Mysterious House

1954

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era poster
7.0

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps poster
8.0

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

1962

Shunsetsu no mon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shunsetsu no mon

1953

Hida no ko tengu poster
NR

A passionate young man who lives for judo, the innocent girl he adores, and a challenge to the judo boss… A major match where love and life are on the line.

Hida no ko tengu

1951

No artwork available
NR

A lively, energetic film featuring a cast of up-and-coming actors, depicting the worries and joys of youth, friendship, and romance.

Hatachi zengo

1950

The Rainbow Man poster
6.2

When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to an isolated, creepy house in the middle of nowhere, where sinister goings-on abound.

The Rainbow Man

1949

The Hoodlum Brothers poster
NR

A crime film released in 1965

The Hoodlum Brothers

1965

Gang's Upward Strategy poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gang's Upward Strategy

1965

No artwork available
NR

Twenty years after the father’s death and the mother and child’s separation, when they are reunited, a pistol aimed at the mother glints coldly in the child’s hand.

Kenjū no mae ni tatsu haha

1950

Blind Wolf poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Blind Wolf

1963

Boshisen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Boshisen

1951

Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi poster
NR

A mystery story set on a haunted island: a student is murdered, followed by the suicide of his lover.

Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi

1952

The Third Ninja poster
7.0

Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.

The Third Ninja

1964