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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. Born : 25th-Dec-1926

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Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.
Released : 1st-Nov-1969

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Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda

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 melody of Ueki etc. [Selection of Actors and Directors].
Released : 12th-May-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

1962 Japanese movie
Released : 25th-Mar-1962

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女難コースを突破せよ

1962 Japanese movie
Released : 1st-Apr-1962

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The Crazy Family

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 perfect as they seem: the house is infested by termites and the family starts going crazy. As the Kobayashi's house begins to crumble, so does the sanity of its inhabitants. Father Katsuhiko takes it upon himself to keep them from the asylum… at any cost.
Released : 24th-Jun-1984

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Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

1962 Japanese movie
Released : 15th-Apr-1962

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Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama

1962 Japanese movie
Released : 15th-Apr-1962

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In Love With Him

It depicts a young man who challenges a 2600km traverse of Japan from Hidaka in Hokkaido to Kagoshima in Kyushu with Hokkaido horses.
Released : 30th-May-1987

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Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong

Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.
Released : 22nd-Dec-1963

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Japan for Sale

The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".
Released : 2nd-Nov-1968

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Nippon Irresponsible Guy

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".
Released : 23rd-Dec-1962

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Whisper of the Spirits


Released : 1st-Jan-1987

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Yume de aimasho

1962 Japanese movie
Released : 15th-Sep-1962

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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You

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.
Released : 26th-Nov-1988

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Wakai kisetsu

1962 Japanese movie
Released : 20th-Oct-1962

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Roar of the Crowd

Based on the non-fiction books by Takushi Ono (the NHK announcer, not the gymnast) and Yoshinari Tobe.
Released : 9th-Jun-1990

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Tattoo

An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank.
Released : 5th-Jun-1982

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Ran

With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
Released : 1st-Jun-1985

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愛しのチィパッパ


Released : 20th-Dec-1986

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Assassin's Road

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.
Released : 28th-May-1982

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Ningen no sabaku


Released : 28th-Apr-1990

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Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari


Released : 2nd-May-1973

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Hana no Oedo no Musekinin

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."
Released : 20th-Dec-1964

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ホラ吹き太閤記


Released : 31st-Oct-1964

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クレージーだよ 奇想天外


Released : Unknown

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クレージー大作戦


Released : 29th-Oct-1966

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クレージーの殴り込み清水港


Released : 15th-Jan-1970

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You Can Succeed, Too

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.
Released : 30th-May-1964

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Happy Go-Lucky

An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Released : 27th-Jul-1962

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The Woman Who Touched Legs

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.
Released : 24th-Aug-1960

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Guys Who Never Learn

Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.
Released : 15th-Aug-1987

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Completely... With That Air!

This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.
Released : 20th-Dec-1981

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The Long Way 'Round

1980 Japanese film.
Released : 2nd-Aug-1980

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Las Vegas Free-For-All

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 their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. Appearing with the seven Cats were the lovely Mie Hama and such Japanese musical artists as The Peanuts, The Johnnys, The Drifters, and Jackie Yoshikawa & the Blue Comets.
Released : 28th-Apr-1967

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The Crazy Adventure


Released : 31st-Oct-1965

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I Go to Tokyo

A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.
Released : 3rd-Aug-1985

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The Best Playboy In Japan

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 "Number 1" Series.
Released : 13th-Jul-1963

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Big Joys, Small Sorrows

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.
Released : 28th-Jun-1986

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Monsieur Zivaco

International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword.
Released : 28th-Oct-1967

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Karate Cop 4


Released : 10th-Oct-1985

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The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

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
Released : 3rd-Jan-1966

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Crazy Big Explosion

A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
Released : 27th-Apr-1969

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Mexican Free-for-All

A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
Released : 27th-Apr-1968

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Congratulatory Speech


Released : 28th-Dec-1985

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Goodbye for Tomorrow

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.
Released : 23rd-Sep-1995

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The Sandal Keeper


Released : 11th-Jun-1964

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Crazy Operation


Released : 24th-Mar-1963

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Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin


Released : 26th-Oct-1963

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Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko


Released : 29th-May-1965

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Me and Me

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong vs. Godzilla.
Released : 11th-Aug-1962

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松田聖子のはじめての情事

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Released : 19th-Oct-1983

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新しい風

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Released : 15th-Apr-2004

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ビッグマネー!〜浮世の沙汰は株しだい〜

Taihei Kozuka - "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 investor. The backdrop of this story is the elaborate world of banking and the stock market.
Released : 11th-Apr-2002

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とんぼ

Matsujiro Kawai - Eiji Ogawa, a young leader of the Hattagumi yakuza, left the prison after two years sentence. However, it was only Tsunekichi Mito, the younger brother, who came to meet him.
Released : 7th-Oct-1988

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