Ken Uehara
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
Mothra
as Dr. HaradaShipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific...
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Atragon
as Admiral KosumiThe legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with...
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47 Ronin
as uncreditedAfter their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await...
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The Storm of the Pacific
as uncreditedLt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the...
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The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
as Masaharu FukamachiYoshiyama Kazuko is a third-year junior high school student. One day while cleaning the lab, she...
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Late Chrysanthemums
as TabeWith delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his...
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Gorath
as Dr. KônoIn 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth....
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Mr. Thank You
as Mr. Thank YouIn Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the...
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The Munekata Sisters
as Hiroshi TashiroSetsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She...
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Wife
as Toichi, Mihoko's husbandTen years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success,...
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Sound of the Mountain
as Otto, ShuuichiAn ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely...
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Repast
as Hatsunosuke OkamotoMichiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook...
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The Last War
as Minister of Foreign AffairsA Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the...
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Untamed Woman
as Tsuru, the first husbandA woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a...
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A Japanese Tragedy
as Masayuki AkazawaAt the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up...
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Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Masaya KikunakaA young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that...
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Ningen moyo
as Kinuhiko DaiwaA love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.
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Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Sokei GojoSanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million...
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A Brother and His Younger Sister
as Michio AritaA man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger...
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The Young Ace in Hawaii
as 上田Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous...
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Actress
as Ken UeharaStory of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with...
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The Living Magoroku
as uncreditedA wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their...
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What Did the Lady Forget?
as Movie StarA professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited...
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The Trio's Engagements
as Ken TaniyamaThree men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted...
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Operation Sewer Rats
as SekiTowards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from...
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
as Tamiya IemonIemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot...
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The Lights of Asakusa
as Shichirō YamagamiPre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking...
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Dimple of Tokyo
as Buntaro KinokuniyaBuntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life....
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Housewife Camellia
as uncreditedThe narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime...
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Shuji AsoAn Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as...
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Elegy
as Naohiko WatariWataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its...
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The President Talks Bank
as uncreditedThe president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing...
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Nonki saiban
as uncreditedA spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected...
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The New Road: Ryota
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow...
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Sound in the Mist
as Kazuhiko OnumaIn the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko...
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A Flower Blooms
as Saburo SekiMachiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.
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Army
as NishinaThough plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his...
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365 Nights
as Kawakita KorokuA young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in...
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Nightshade Flower
as uncreditedJapanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.
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The President's Boss
as uncreditedA new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former...
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
as uncreditedAn Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the...
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Jubilation Street
as Shingo FurukawaThe few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to...
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Campus A Go-Go
as Michiko Matsubara's fatherYoung Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football....
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College Champ
as uncreditedYuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon...
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Tokyo Omnibus
as uncreditedThe story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow...
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
as Tamiya IemonPart 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and...
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A Rainbow at Every Turn
as uncreditedMomoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also...
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The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
as Kotaro HidakaAkiko Hojo, a nurse at Aisei Catholic Hospital, is spending another public holiday at Kotaro...
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Wedding March
as Managing Director NakaharaMelodrama by Kon Ichikawa
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A Ripple in a Morning
as uncreditedAtsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in...
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Port of Flowers
as TomekichiThe sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at...
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The Man Without a Nationality
as TohariThriller drama by Kon Ichikawa
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Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Ryukichi OgataWhere Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a...
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White Fish
as KoyamaA family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a...
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Husband and Wife
as Isaku NakaharaA married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The...
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Night River
as Yukio TakemuraIn Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
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Blood on the Sea
as uncreditedFour fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
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Vermilion and Green
as uncreditedA businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.
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Family Diary
as Ichiro TsujiTwo childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both...
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Marriage
as Tsumoru SugawaraIn postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in...
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The Precipice
as uncreditedKosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New...
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A Night in Hong Kong
as Ryuzo KimuraRomantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a...
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The New Road: Akemi
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow...
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Demon King of Yoja Manor
as Inspector UemuraDuring a packed game at Korakuen Stadium, Eagles’ star Tsubota faints, while singer Kyoko...
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Farewell to Spring
as Minotu FujisakiBittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura
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Women at War
as uncreditedNaomi Tazawa (Hiroko Kawasaki), who works at Isetan Department Store, was told by an executive...
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The Tree of Love
as Kozo TsumuraA young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret:...
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Golden Devil Part 2
as uncredited1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2
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Pride of the Campus
as Kingoro ShimagawaYoung Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant,...
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Victory Song
as Makoto Ichino, NavyHisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.
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All About Marriage
as Saburo KakiuchiUltra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother")...
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You Are the Next Eagle
as uncreditedA boy aviator endures rigorous training and a sad fate, and grows into a strong man with his...
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Sir Galahad in Campus
as Mr. NomuraThe first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
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Notes of an Itinerant Performer
as Shôtarô HiramatsuUta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt...
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Flower
as uncreditedMost of the students studying Ikebana with Kozoe Iemoto are daughters of rich Tokyo families....
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Someday I'll Know
as Yusaku KanekoA modern love story involving different affairs.
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Let's Go in Good Spirits
as uncreditedIn the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were...
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Nocturne of a Woman
as uncreditedA woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she...
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Bright Young Maidens
as Koutaro Nomura, Tomoko's FatherIn order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the...
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Shojohou
as KiichiroA beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely,...
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Men vs. Women
as uncreditedA musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of...
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Okayo's Preparedness
as ShunsakuA young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the...
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Sumida River
as uncreditedInoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to...
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Mother's First Love
as uncreditedA melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother...
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Fantasy of Youth
as uncreditedAdaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.
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Flower Season
as uncreditedKitamori Yuki was particular about her promise to her mother-in-law Hana. The promise is that,...
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Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
as Okamoto's fatherThe third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the...
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Kaisen no Zenya
as uncreditedKempeitai fights American spies in Japan
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Made in Japan
as Akio KanasugiA love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo...
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Ichiban Daiko
as 祖父・亀造The 35th NHK Asadora about a man who enters the world of popular theater.
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