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Ken Uehara

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1909-10-07

Deathday: 1991-11-23 (82 years old)

Biography

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.

Filmography

all 104

Movies 103

Ken Uehara

Biography

Filmography

all 104

Movies 103

self 1

TV Shows 1

Flower Season (1990)

Actress (1987)

Ichiban Daiko (1985)

The Little Girl Who Conquered Time (1983)

Young Girls Are Everywhere (1966)

Campus A Go-Go (1965)

Atragon (1963)

Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin (1963)

The Young Ace in Hawaii (1963)

47 Ronin (1962)

College Champ (1962)

Pig and Goldfish (1962)

Operation Sewer Rats (1962)

Ai no uzu shio (1962)

Gorath (1962)

Long Way to Okinawa (1962)

Pride of the Campus (1962)

The Last War (1961)

Blood on the Sea (1961)

Mothra (1961)

Sir Galahad in Campus (1961)

A Night in Hong Kong (1961)

Nocturne of a Woman (1961)

Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)

The Storm of the Pacific (1960)

Tokyo Omnibus (1959)

Someday I'll Know (1959)

Musume no boken (1958)

All About Marriage (1958)

The Precipice (1958)

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 (1957)

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 (1957)

Untamed Woman (1957)

Sound in the Mist (1956)

Night River (1956)

The President Talks Bank (1956)

A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956)

The President's Boss (1956)

The First Kiss (1955)

Fantasy of Youth (1955)

A Woman's Life (1955)

Late Chrysanthemums (1954)

Sound of the Mountain (1954)

Made in Japan (1953)

White Fish (1953)

A Japanese Tragedy (1953)

Wife (1953)

Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)

Husband and Wife (1953)

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete (1952)

Dimple of Tokyo (1952)

A Ripple in a Morning (1952)

Farewell to Spring (1952)

Wedding March (1951)

Repast (1951)

Tsuki yori no haha (1951)

歌う野球小僧 (1951)

The Man Without a Nationality (1951)

Elegy (1951)

Nightshade Flower (1951)

Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)

The Munekata Sisters (1950)

When We Came Back (1950)

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)

Ningen moyo (1949)

Kekkon Sanjûshi (1949)

The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow (1948)

365 Nights (1948)

Golden Devil Part 2 (1948)

Golden Devil (1948)

Marriage (1947)

Soyokaze (1945)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1909-10-07

Deathday
1991-11-23 (82 years old)

Birth Name
池端清亮

Birth Place
Tokyo, Japan

Relationships
Yōko Kozakura (1936-01-01 - 1970-01-01), Masami Ōbayashi (1975-01-01 - 1991-01-01)

Children
Yūzō Kayama, Ryō Hitomi

Citizenships
Japan

Also Known As
Ikebata Kiyosuke, Uehara Ken, Kiyosuke Ikebata, 上原謙, Кэн Уэхара

Awards
Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class, Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor