Hitoshi Ueki
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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 in 1985, receiving a nomination for the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, and earned the Japanese Academy, Kinema Junpo, and Mainichi film awards for best supporting actor for his role as the eccentric grandfather in Big Joys, Small Sorrows in 1987.[1][4][5]
On stage, he portrayed Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago, voiced the Roddy McDowall role in the Japanese market release of Planet of the Apes, and served as the narrator in the Japanese version of Tom and Jerry.
His hit song with Hana Hajime and the Crazy Cats, Sūdara-bushi, placed in the Oricon top ten,[6] 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.
In 2011, new technology was used to create a Vocaloid voicebank using his voice.[7]
Discography
Albums
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- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1971
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1990
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1991
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1992
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1995
Partial filmography
Films
- Tattoo Ari (1982)
- The Crazy Family (1984)
- Ran (1985) as Nobuhiro Fujimaki
- Ora Tōkyō sa Iguda (1985)
- Big Joys, Small Sorrows (1986) as Kunio Sugimoto
- Aitsu ni Koishite (1987)
- Maiko Haaaan!!! (2007)
Television
- Momotarō-zamurai (1976–77) as Saruno Inosuke
References
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- ↑ a b Hitoshi Ueki - Awards IMDB Retrieved June 21, 2008
- ↑ 植木等 JMDB Retrieved June 21, 2008
- ↑ Hitoshi Ueki IMDB Retrieved June 21, 2008
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- ↑ 植木等、クレイジー・キャッツの主なランクイン作品売上データ ニュース-ORICON STYLE- Oricon ranking page for Ueki Hitoshi and the Crazy Cats Retrieved June 21, 2008
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External links
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- 1927 births
- 2007 deaths
- Japanese male actors
- Japanese male comedians
- Japanese jazz guitarists
- Recipients of the Medal of Honor (Japan)
- Vocaloid voice providers
- 20th-century Japanese guitarists
- Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
- Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class
- 20th-century Japanese comedians
- 20th-century Japanese male singers
- Japanese male jazz musicians
- Crazy Cats members