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name: "Seiichiro Ujiie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/seiichiro-ujiie"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 May 1926"
died: "28 March 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 88
updated: "2026-09-17T06:53:48.921207+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Seiichiro Ujiie

Producer. Born 17 May 1926 in Japan. Died 28 March 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 May 1926, Japan
- **Died:** 28 March 2011
- **Active:** 1995–2013
- **Also known as:** Seiichirô Ujiie, Seiichirou Ujiie, 氏家 齊一郎, うじいえ せいいちろう, Seiichirō Ujiie, 氏家齐一郎
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 92 (1), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11547811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1576785/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78360

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Tale of The Princess Kaguya*](https://film.one/film/the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya.md) (84)

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## Biography

Seiichirô Ujiie was a Japanese media executive and film producer. Born on 17 May 1926 in Tokyo, he joined Yomiuri Shimbun-sha in 1951 after graduating from the University of Tokyo. He rose through the ranks at its subsidiary Nippon Television Network (NTV), serving as president from 1992 to 2001 and chairman thereafter until his death on 28 March 2011 in Tokyo.

Through his leadership at NTV, Ujiie supported numerous Studio Ghibli productions. He received executive producer credits on *Pom Poko* (1994), *Princess Mononoke* (1997), *Spirited Away* (2001) and *The Cat Returns* (2002), producer credit on *My Neighbors the Yamadas* (1999), and executive producer credit on *The Tale of The Princess Kaguya* (2013). He also worked on other anime films, including several Detective Conan features.

Ujiie served as chairman of the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan and as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.

*Sources: imdb.com, animenewsnetwork.com, nausicaa.net, jfdb.jp, ja.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Tale of The Princess Kaguya* (2013), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya.md)
- *Spirited Away* (2001), Fi1m 92, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md)
- *Princess Mononoke* (1997), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/princess-mononoke.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), Line Producer

## Also known for

- *The Cat Returns* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Pom Poko* (1994), Executive Producer
- *My Neighbors the Yamadas* (1999), Producer

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