Kichijirô Ueda was born on 10 March 1904 in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. He was an actor, known for Rasomon: Sarı Irkın Şehveti (1950), Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) and Yedi Samuray: Kanlı Pirinç (1954). He died on 3 November 1972 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.