Born in Funabashi, Japan. Cinematographer who entered Japanese film as an assistant camera for HANA NO OEDO NO MUSEKININ in 1964. Ueda became a director of photography in 1971 with Takashi Tsuboshima's DAMASARETE MORAIMASU. He worked on six films directed by Akira Kurosawa: KAGEMUSHA (THE SHADOW WARRIOR) (1980), RAN (1985), AKIRA KUROSAWA'S DREAMS (1990), HACHI-GATSU NO KYÔSHIKYOKU / RHAPSODY IN AUGUST (1991), MADADAYO / NOT YET (1993) and AME AGARU / AFTER THE RAIN (1999). Other notable credits include THE LAST DINOSAUR (1977), THE BUSHIDO BLADE (1981), F2 GRAND PRIX (1984), AMIDA-DO DAYORI / LETTER FROM THE MOUNTAIN (2002), WARABI NO KOU (2003), HAKASE NO AISHITA SÛSHIKI / THE PROFESSOR AND HIS BELOVED EQUATION (2006), ORE WA, KIMI NO TAME NI KOSO SHINI NI KU / FOR THOSE WE LOVE (2007), and ASHITA E NO YUIGON (2008).  Nominated for Cinematography 1985: RAN (w. Takao Saito & Asakazu Nakai) 1 nomination