was a Japanese actor who appeared in approximately 200 films between 1935 and 1990. A graduate of

Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is one of the five MARCH (Japanese universities), MARCH universities, the group of private universities in the Kantō region, Kanto region, toge ...

, Uehara joined the

Shochiku is a Japanese entertainment company. Founded in 1895, it initially managed '' kabuki'' theaters in Kyoto; in 1914, it also acquired ownership of the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo. In 1920, Shochiku entered the film production industry and establis ...

film studio in 1935. After the

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, he became a freelance actor, before signing with the

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film studio. Directors Uehara worked with include

Mikio Naruse was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily Shoshimin-eiga, shōshimin-eiga ("common people drama") films with f ...

, Yasujirō Shimazu, Hiroshi Shimizu,

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, and

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. In 1953, he received the

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for his performances in ''

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'' and '' Husband and Wife''. He is the father of singer and actor

Yūzō Kayama is a Japanese popular musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Life and career Son of mid-twentieth century film star Ken Uehara, and actress Yoko Kozakura, ( ja) Kayama graduated from Keio University. Yuzo Kayama signed with Toho and made ...

, and the grandfather of actress Emi Ikehata.

Selected filmography

* '' Mr. Thank You'' (1936) * '' What Did the Lady Forget?'' (1937) * '' A Brother and His Younger Sister'' (1939) * '' The Munekata Sisters'' (1950) * '' Repast'' (1951) * '' Where Chimneys Are Seen'' (1953) * '' Husband and Wife'' (1953) * '' Sound of the Mountain'' (1954) * '' Late Chrysanthemums'' (1954) * '' Untamed'' (1957) * ''

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'' (1957) * ''A Holiday in Tokyo'' (1958) * '' Daughters, Wives and a Mother'' (1960) * ''

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'' (1961) * '' Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki'' (1962) * '' Gorath'' (1962) * ''

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'' (1963) * ''

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'' (1977, TV) * '' Edo no Kaze'' (1980, TV) * ''

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'' (1983) * ''Film Actress'' (1987), as himself * '' Choujinki Metalder'' (1987, TV)

References

External links

* 1909 births 1991 deaths Japanese male film actors Male actors from Tokyo Rikkyo University alumni 20th-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-film-actor-stub