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Hitoshi Ueki

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: Acting

Born: Aichi, Japan, 1926-12-25

Died: 2007-03-27

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1960	The Woman Who Touched Legs		60
2	1961	腰抜け女兵騒動		0
3	1962	スーダラ節　わかっちゃいるけどやめられねぇ		0
4	1962	Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble		0
5	1962	Ika naru hoshi no moto ni		0
6	1962	Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama		0
7	1962	Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda		0
8	1962	Irresponsible Age of Japan	Hitoshi Taira	80
9	1962	Me and Me		0
10	1962	Let's Meet in Our Dreams		0
11	1962	Wakai kisetsu		0
12	1962	Irresponsible Rascal of Japan		80
13	1963	Crazy Operation: First Move		0
14	1963	Japan's No. 1 Playboy	Hikari	0
15	1963	Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility		0
16	1963	Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong		0
17	1964	You Can Succeed, Too	A salaryman (uncredited)	75
18	1964	Japan's No. 1 Braggart	Hitoshi Hajime	0
19	1964	Legend of the Irresponsible Hero		0
20	1964	The Sandal Keeper		0
21	1964	Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan		0
22	1965	Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man		0
23	1965	The Crazy Adventure	Uematsu	0
24	1966	The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay	Sangoro	0
25	1966	Japan's No. 1 Reckless Man		0
26	1966	The Man from Planet Alpha		0
27	1966	The Craziest Operation		0
28	1967	Industrial Spy Free-for-All		0
29	1967	Las Vegas Free-For-All	Shinran Machida	0
30	1967	Monsieur Zivaco		0
31	1967	Japan's No. 1 Best Man		0
32	1968	Mexican Free-for-All		0
33	1968	Japan's No. 1 Traitor		0
34	1969	Crazy Big Explosion		0
35	1969	Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man	Ichiro Nihon	0
36	1970	Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor		0
37	1970	Japan's Number One Yakuza Man		0
38	1970	Nippon ichi no warunori otoko	Japan Hyosuke	0
39	1971	Nippon ichi no shokku otoko	Nippon Ichi	0
40	1973	Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari		0
41	1980	The Long Way 'Round		0
42	1981	Completely... With That Air!		0
43	1982	Assassin's Road		0
44	1982	Tattoo	President of electric shop	52
45	1984	The Crazy Family	Yasukune Kobayashi	68
46	1985	Ran	Nobuhiro Fujimaki	81
47	1985	I Go to Tokyo		60
48	1985	Karate Cop 4		0
49	1985	Congratulatory Speech	Ichiro Harada	0
50	1986	Big Joys, Small Sorrows		60
51	1986	愛しのチィパッパ	中原修三	0
52	1987	Whisper of the Spirits		0
53	1987	In Love With Him	Grandfather	0
54	1987	Guys Who Never Learn		0
55	1988	Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You	Kamikihara	57
56	1990	Ningen no sabaku		0
57	1990	Roar of the Crowd		0
58	1995	Goodbye for Tomorrow	Yaichiro Kanazawa	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	松田聖子のはじめての情事		0
2	1988	Dragonfly	Matsujiro Kawai	70
3	2002	Big Money	Taihei Kozuka	60
4	2004	Atarashii Kaze		0