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Ken Uehara

Name in Native Language: "上原 謙" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 10/07/1909 († 82, 11/23/1991) | Tokyo (Japan)
Ken Uehara (上原謙, Uehara Ken, 7 November 1909 – 23 November 1991) was a Japanese actor who appeared in approximately 200 films between 1935 and 1990. A graduate of Rikkyo University, Uehara joined the Shochiku film studio in 1935. After the war, he became a freelance actor, before signing with the Toho film studio. Directors Uehara worked with include Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Shimazu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Yasujirō Ozu, and Kenji Mizoguchi. In 1953, he received the Mainichi Film Award for his performances in Wife and Husband and Wife. He is the father of singer and actor Yūzō Kayama. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run away to Kyoto, but her child suddenly became sick a ...

The Tree of Love

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1938 | 3.5/5 | 1h 29min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirite ...

Wife

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1953 | 3.3/5 | 1h 36min
Drama
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A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife. ...

Husband and Wife

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1953 | 3.3/5 | 1h 27min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Ken Uehara

Order of The Sacred Treasure, 4th Class Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Ken Uehara as Actor(85)

as himself1987 Actress
as Masaharu Fukamachi1983 The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
as Haruki Eda1966 Young Girls Are Everywhere
as Michiko Matsubara's father1965 Campus A Go-Go
1963 Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin
as Admiral Kosumi1963 Atragon
as 上田1963 The Young Ace in Hawaii
1962 47 Ronin
as Dr. Kôno1962 Gorath
as Seki1962 Operation Sewer Rats
as Kingoro Shimagawa1962 Pride of the Campus
1961 Nocturne of a Woman
as Ryuzo Kimura1961 A Night in Hong Kong
as Dr. Harada1961 Mothra
1961 The Last War
as Mr. Nomura1961 Sir Galahad in Campus
as Sokei Gojo1960 Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 Storm Over the Pacific
as Yusaku Kaneko1959 Someday I'll Know
as Chan1958 The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958 Musume no boken
as Saburo Kakiuchi1958 All About Marriage
1958 The Precipice
as Tsuru, the first husband1957 Untamed Woman
1957 A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
as Shuji Aso1957 A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Yukio Takemura1956 Night River
as Kazuhiko Onuma1956 Sound in the Mist
1956 The President's Boss
as Yuzo Kaneda1955 The First Kiss
as Otto, Shuuichi1954 Sound of the Mountain
as Tabe1954 Late Chrysanthemums
as Toichi, Mihoko's husband1953 Wife
as Isaku Nakahara1953 Husband and Wife
as Ryukichi Ogata1953 Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Masayuki Akazawa1953 A Japanese Tragedy
as Koyama1953 White Fish
as Buntaro Kinokuniya1952 Dimple of Tokyo
as Michio Kawai1952 Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952 A Ripple in a Morning
as Minotu Fujisaki1952 Farewell to Spring
as Masao1951 Tsuki yori no haha
as Hatsunosuke Okamoto1951 Repast
1951 Nightshade Flower
as Managing Director Nakahara1951 Wedding March
1951 歌う野球小僧
1951 Elegy
as Hiroshi Tashiro1950 The Munekata Sisters
as Masaya Kikunaka1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950 When We Came Back
as Tamiya Iemon1949 Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
as Tokihiko Aida1949 Kekkon Sanjûshi
as Tamiya Iemon1949 Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
as Kinuhiko Daiwa1949 Ningen moyo
as Kawakita Koroku1948 365 Nights
as Tsumoru Sugawara1947 Marriage
as Makoto Ichino, Navy1945 Victory Song
as 舟田（楽団リーダー）1945 Soyokaze
as Shingo Furukawa1944 Jubilation Street
as Nishina1944 Army
as Tomekichi1943 Port of Flowers
1943 Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943 The Living Magoroku
1943 Kaisen no zenya
1942 The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942 Sumida River
as Shôtarô Hiramatsu1941 Notes of an Itinerant Performer
1941 Flower
1941 Let's Go in Good Spirits
as Shunsaku1939 Okayo's Preparedness
as Michio Arita1939 A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939 Women at War
1939 Weeds with flowers
as Kozo Tsumura1938 The Tree of Love
as Ichiro Tsuji1938 Family Diary
as Movie star1937 What Did the Lady Forget?
as Shichirō Yamagami1937 The Lights of Asakusa
1937 Vermilion and Green
as Ken Taniyama1937 The Trio's Engagements
1936 Men vs. Women
1936 Housewife Camellia
1936 The New Road: Ryota
as Mr. Thank You1936 Mr. Thank You
1936 The New Road: Akemi
as Man1935 Him, Her, and the Boys

Full Name: Ken Kiyoaki Ikehata
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Thursday, 10/07 1909 (October) in Tokyo (Japan)
Died: Saturday, 11/23 1991 (November) in Tokyo (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Rikkyo University
Spouses (current/former): Yōko Kozakura, Masami Ōbayashi
Children: Yūzō Kayama, Ryō Hitomi
Other names for Ken Uehara (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ikebata Kiyosuke"
"Uehara Ken"
"Kiyosuke Ikebata"
"上原謙"
"Кэн Уэхара"
"池端 清亮"
"うえはら けん" (Kana/Japanese)
Ken Uehara frequently works together with these people:
Kinuyo Tanaka (17x, Actress)
Tatsuo Saitō (16x, Actor)
Reikichi Kawamura (16x, Actor)
Chishū Ryū (14x, Actor)
Sanezumi Fujimoto (14x, Crew)
Takeshi Sakamoto (14x, Actor)
Chōko Iida (13x, Actress)
Shin Saburi (13x, Actor)
Keisuke Kinoshita (13x, Crew)
Mitsuko Yoshikawa (13x, Actress)
Ichirō Saitō (12x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:398322, Added: 09/02/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024