Hitoshi Ueki Movies

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful...

Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.

Toho comedy shot in Tohoscope featuring performances from the Peanuts and the Crazy Cats. Original released alongside another Toho comedy, King Kong...

The Second movie based on a popular TV show about Pintemps Cosmetics and their struggles to make new successful products, filled with singing,...

Seven employees rise up in rebellion against an irresponsible company.

After being fired from his company, Hitoshi Ueda opens a arbitration company. Experts from various fields gather around him and with their natural...

1962 Japanese movie

A 2003 version of the 1962 original. Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be...

Mie Nakao runs away from home to join her older sister's production company as a new talent. We follow her ups and downs on the way to stardom as she...

The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man".

1962 Japanese movie based on the Crazy Cats smash hit single, "Sudara Festival", sung by Hitoshi Ueki.

The members of Crazy Cats play employees of a trading company. Ueda Hitoshi of Awa Shoji, a lucky man who never loses a bet, and the managing...

Comedy has the proprietors of a tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) restaurant match wits with a Chinese developer.

Set in a rural town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, this comedy centers on a young couple determined to pursue their love against all opposition, while also...

Chaos ensues when a secret agent gathers a group of criminals (The Crazy Cats) to steal gold from a bank.

1980 Japanese film.

A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.