Awards & Winners

Hitoshi Ueki

Date of Birth 25-December-1926
Place of Birth Nagoya
(Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Chūbu region)
Nationality Japan
Also know as Ueki Hitoshi, 植木やん, 植木屋, うえき ひとし, 植木 等, 植木屋, 植木やん
Profession Singer, Comedian, Actor
Hitoshi Ueki 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. In 1978, he won that honor for his performance in Shukuji, directed by Tomio Kuriyama. On stage, he portrayed Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago. Additionally, Ueki voiced the Roddy McDowall role in Planet of the Apes. His hit song with Hana Hajime and the Crazy Cats, Sūdara-bushi, placed in the Oricon top ten,and landed him an appearance on the NHK annual music spectacular Kōhaku Uta Gassen. Ueki received the Purple Ribbon Medal of Honour in 1993 and the 4th Class Order of the Rising Sun in 1999.

Awards by Hitoshi Ueki

Check all the awards nominated and won by Hitoshi Ueki.

1987


Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Honored for : Congratulatory Speech, Big Joys, Small Sorrows

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Big Joys, Small Sorrows","Congratulatory Speech

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Ran