Hitoshi Ueki

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.

  • Popularity : 3.2
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1926-12-25
  • Place of Birth : Aichi, Japan
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Hitoshi Ueki Movies

  • 1969
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    Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

    Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

    1 1969 HD

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

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  • 1962
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    Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda

    Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda

    1 1962 HD

    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...

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  • 1962
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    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

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1962
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    女難コースを突破せよ

    女難コースを突破せよ

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1984
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    The Crazy Family

    The Crazy Family

    6.6 1984 HD

    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...

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  • 1962
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    Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

    Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1962
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    Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama

    Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1987
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    In Love With Him

    In Love With Him

    1 1987 HD

    It depicts a young man who challenges a 2600km traverse of Japan from Hidaka in Hokkaido to Kagoshima in Kyushu with Hokkaido horses.

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  • 1963
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    Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong

    Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong

    1 1963 HD

    Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.

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  • 1968
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    Japan for Sale

    Japan for Sale

    1 1968 HD

    The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".

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  • 1962
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    Nippon Irresponsible Guy

    Nippon Irresponsible Guy

    1 1962 HD

    Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

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  • 1987
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    Whisper of the Spirits

    Whisper of the Spirits

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1962
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    Yume de aimasho

    Yume de aimasho

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1988
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    Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

    Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

    5.7 1988 HD

    A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful...

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  • 1962
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    Wakai kisetsu

    Wakai kisetsu

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1990
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    Roar of the Crowd

    Roar of the Crowd

    1 1990 HD

    Based on the non-fiction books by Takushi Ono (the NHK announcer, not the gymnast) and Yoshinari Tobe.

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  • 1982
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    Tattoo

    Tattoo

    5.2 1982 HD

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

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  • 1985
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    Ran

    Ran

    8.067 1985 HD

    With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic...

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  • 1986
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    愛しのチィパッパ

    愛しのチィパッパ

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1982
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    Assassin's Road

    Assassin's Road

    1 1982 HD

    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...

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  • 1990
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    Ningen no sabaku

    Ningen no sabaku

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1973
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    Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari

    Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1964
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    Hana no Oedo no Musekinin

    Hana no Oedo no Musekinin

    1 1964 HD

    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...

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  • 1964
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    ホラ吹き太閤記

    ホラ吹き太閤記

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1970
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    クレージーだよ 奇想天外

    クレージーだよ 奇想天外

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1966
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    クレージー大作戦

    クレージー大作戦

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1970
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    クレージーの殴り込み清水港

    クレージーの殴り込み清水港

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1964
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    You Can Succeed, Too

    You Can Succeed, Too

    7.5 1964 HD

    A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

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  • 1962
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    Happy Go-Lucky

    Happy Go-Lucky

    1 1962 HD

    An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.

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  • 1960
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    The Woman Who Touched Legs

    The Woman Who Touched Legs

    6 1960 HD

    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...

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  • 1987
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    Guys Who Never Learn

    Guys Who Never Learn

    1 1987 HD

    Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.

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  • 1981
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    Completely... With That Air!

    Completely... With That Air!

    1 1981 HD

    This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.

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  • 1980
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    The Long Way 'Round

    The Long Way 'Round

    1 1980 HD

    1980 Japanese film.

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  • 1967
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    Las Vegas Free-For-All

    Las Vegas Free-For-All

    1 1967 HD

    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...

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  • 1965
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    The Crazy Adventure

    The Crazy Adventure

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1985
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    I Go to Tokyo

    I Go to Tokyo

    6 1985 HD

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

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  • 1963
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    The Best Playboy In Japan

    The Best Playboy In Japan

    1 1963 HD

    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...

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  • 1986
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    Big Joys, Small Sorrows

    Big Joys, Small Sorrows

    6 1986 HD

    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.

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  • 1967
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    Monsieur Zivaco

    Monsieur Zivaco

    1 1967 HD

    International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword.

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  • 1985
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    Karate Cop 4

    Karate Cop 4

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

    The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

    1 1966 HD

    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

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  • 1969
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    Crazy Big Explosion

    Crazy Big Explosion

    1 1969 HD

    A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.

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  • 1968
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    Mexican Free-for-All

    Mexican Free-for-All

    1 1968 HD

    A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.

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  • 1985
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    Congratulatory Speech

    Congratulatory Speech

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1995
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    Goodbye for Tomorrow

    Goodbye for Tomorrow

    1 1995 HD

    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...

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  • 1964
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    The Sandal Keeper

    The Sandal Keeper

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1963
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    Crazy Operation

    Crazy Operation

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin

    Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1965
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    Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko

    Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1962
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    Me and Me

    Me and Me

    1 1962 HD

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

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  • 1983
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    松田聖子のはじめての情事

    松田聖子のはじめての情事

    1 1983 HD

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  • 2004
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    Atarashii Kaze

    Atarashii Kaze

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2002
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    Big Money

    Big Money

    6 2002 HD

    "Big Money!" is a human drama with a suspense twist about a young man who learns the tricks of the trade about stock exchange from a well-experienced...

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  • 1988
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    Dragonfly

    Dragonfly

    7 1988 HD

    Eiji Ogawa, a young leader of the Hattagumi yakuza, left the prison after two years sentence. However, it was only Tsunekichi Mito, the younger...

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