Kenjiro Uemura

Biography

Kenjiro Uemura was a Japanese actor born on January 3, 1914, in what is now Tokyo's Shibuya ward. After graduating from Tokyo Prefectural Middle School, he attended Japan Actors' School and began his career in film with New Kid's Cinema, appearing in over 70 films between 1936 and 1942. Uemura continued acting into the television era, gaining prominence for his roles in drama series, particularly as a seasoned actor playing elderly characters. He died on April 3, 1979, at 65 from complications related to intestinal perforation.