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Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Acting

April 11, 1937 (89 years old)
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Male
77 Movies
3 TV Shows

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yūzō Kayama (加山 雄三 Kayama Yūzō) is a Japanese popular musician and film star, born on 11 April 1937. His father, Ken Uehara, was a film star during the 1930s. Yuzo Kayama became a big star in the 1960s in the Wakadaishō (Young Guy) film series. He showed his ability for drama when Akira Kurosawa cast him for his 1965 film, Red Beard, starring Toshirō Mifune. Kayama reported that he found the two years spent making this film the most difficult, but proudest work of his life. As a guitarist, he took inspiration from the American instrumental group The Ventures, and performed a form of psychedelic surf music in the 1960s with his Mosrite guitar. One of his best-known instrumentals is "Black Sand Beach". "Kimi to Itsumademo" ("Love Forever"), another of his compositions, sold over two million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in 1965. At that point it was the biggest selling disc in the Japanese recording industry's history. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yūzō Kayama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Red Beard
Red Beard

Red Beard

1965 8.1

as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto

Age 27 (now 89)
Sanjuro
Sanjuro

Sanjuro

1962 8.0

as Iori Izaka

Age 24 (now 89)
The Sword of Doom
The Sword of Doom

The Sword of Doom

1966 7.7

as Hyoma Utsuki

Age 28 (now 89)
Yearning
Yearning

Yearning

1964 8.1

as Koji Morita

Age 26 (now 89)
Two in the Shadow
Two in the Shadow

Two in the Shadow

1967 7.8

as Shiro Mishima

Age 30 (now 89)
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt

1995 6.5

as Coach Mirakami

Age 58 (now 89)
Chûshingura
Chûshingura

Chûshingura

1962 7.1

as Lord Naganori Asano

Age 25 (now 89)
Warring Clans
Warring Clans

Warring Clans

1963 6.8

as Ochi Kittan "Batta"

Age 25 (now 89)
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa

The Battle of Okinawa

1971 7.8
Age 34 (now 89)
Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata

1965 7.1

as Sanshiro Sugata

Age 28 (now 89)
Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral Yamamoto

Admiral Yamamoto

1968 8.5

as First Lieutenant Ijuin

Age 31 (now 89)
Messengers
Messengers

Messengers

1999 6.4

as Makoto Shimano

Age 62 (now 89)
Campus A Go-Go
Campus A Go-Go

Campus A Go-Go

1965 8.0

as Yuichi Tanuma

Age 28 (now 89)
Battle of the Japan Sea
Battle of the Japan Sea

Battle of the Japan Sea

1969 6.5

as Cmdr. Hirose

Age 32 (now 89)
Westward Desperado
Westward Desperado

Westward Desperado

1960 6.1
Age 23 (now 89)
Duel at Fort Ezo
Duel at Fort Ezo

Duel at Fort Ezo

1970 5.8

as Saburota Edo

Age 32 (now 89)