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Yūzō Kayama
Actor
Born April 11, 1937 (87 years)
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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.
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 1999 | Messengers · as Makoto Shimano |
| 1995 | Thunderbolt · as Coach Mirakami |
| 1984 | Zero · as Manbei Shimokawa |
| 1981 | Kaettekita wakadaishô · as Yuichi Tanuma |
| 1977 | Hakkodasan · as Captain Kurata |
| 1974 | Esupai · as Hojo |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Wakadaishô tai Aodaishô · as Cast |
| 1970 | The Militarists · as Goro Arai |
| 1970 | Ore no sora da ze! Wakadaishô · as Cast |
| 1970 | Ezo yakata no ketto · as Saburota Edo |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | Battle of the Japan Sea · as Cmdr. Hirose |
| 1969 | Nyu jirando no wakadaishô · as Yuichi Tanuma |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Furesshuman wakadaishô · as Yuichi Tanuma |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Aniki no koibito · as Teppei Kitagawa |
| 1968 | Admiral Yamamoto · as First Lieutenant Ijuin |
| 1968 | Rio no wakadaishô · as Yuichi Tanuma |
| 1967 | Scattered Clouds · as Shiro Mishima |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day · as Morio Tateno - Nhk Broadcaster |
| 1967 | Judo Champion · as Yuichi Tanuma |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Let's Go! Young Guy · as Yuuichi Tanuma |
| 1966 | Nichigeki Kayama Yuzo shô yori: utau wakadaishô · as Yuzo Kayama |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Arupusu no wakadaishô · as Yuichi Tanuma |
| 1966 | The Sword of Doom · as Hyoma Utsuki |
| 1965 | Campus A-Go-Go · as Yuichi Tanuma |
| 1965 | Umi no wakadaishô · as Cast |
| 1965 | Sanshiro Sugata · as Sanshiro Sugata |
| 1965 | Red Beard · as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto |
| 1964 | Yearning · as Koji Morita |
| 1963 | Hawai no wakadaishô · as 若大将 |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Sengoku yarô · as Ochi Kittan "batta" |
| 1963 | Attack Squadron! · as Captain Shiro Taki |
| 1962 | Chushingura · as Lord Naganori Asano |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Dobunezumi sakusen · as Hayashi |
| 1962 | Pride of the Campus · as Yuichi Tanuma (wakadaisho) |
| 1962 | Sanjuro · as Iori Izaka |
| 1961 | Sir Galahad in Campus · as Yuichi Tanuma (wakadaisho) |
| 1961 | Big Shots Die at Dawn · as Jiro |
| 1961 | Happiness of Us Alone · as Akira |
| 1961 | Blueprint of Murder · as Jirô Kusaka |
| 1960 |