- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 11, 1937
- Place of Birth
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Yūzō Kayama
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…
Filmography
movieMr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together
2023
movieChigasaki Story - My Little Hometown
2017
movieRough
2006
movieNagisa
2000
movieMessengers
1999 · Makoto Shimano
movieThunderbolt
1995 · Coach Mirakami
tvAs If In Flight
1990 · Shimazu Nariakira
movieThe Detective
1984 · Isao Muramatsu
movieZero
1984 · Manbei Shimokawa
movieReturn of the Champ
1981 · Yūichi Tannuma
tvThe Great Chase
1978
movieMount Hakkoda
1977 · Captain Kurata
movieESPY
1974 · Hojo
movieRed Target
1972 · Akira Hino
movieThe Battle of Okinawa
1971
movieLove Forsaken
1971
movieDetective Story: A Brother's Rule
1971
movieYoung Guy, the Ace Rider
1971
movieThe Militarists
1970 · Goro Arai
movieGet Your Sky, Young Guy
1970
movieBravo, Young Guy
1970
movieThe Creature Called Man
1970 · Noboru Toda
movieDuel at Fort Ezo
1970 · Saburota Edo
movieBullet Wound
1969
movieBattle of the Japan Sea
1969 · Cmdr. Hirose
movieYoung Guy on Mt. Cook
1969
movieFutari no Koibito
1969
movieYoung Guy Graduates
1969
movieSun Above, Death Below
1968
movieYoung Challengers
1968 · Oshiba Records singer
movieMy Brother, My Love
1968 · Teppei Kitagawa
movieAdmiral Yamamoto
1968 · First Lieutenant Ijuin
movieYoung Guy in Rio
1968
movieGood-bye Moscow
1968 · The Promoter
movieCircuit-A-Go-Go
1967
movieTwo in the Shadow
1967 · Shiro Mishima
movieJapan's Longest Day
1967 · Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
movieYoung Guy in the South Pacific
1967 · Yuichi Tanuma
movieLas Vegas Free-For-All
1967
movieZoku izuko e
1967
movieLet's Go! Young Guy
1967 · Yuuichi Tanuma
movieCome Marry Me
1966 · Tamotsu Suyama
movieForever With You
1966 · Yuzo Kayama
movieZero Fighter
1966
movieIt Started In The Alps
1966 · Yuichi Tanuma
movieNight in Bangkok
1966
movieIzuko e
1966
movieThe Sword of Doom
1966 · Hyoma Utsuki
movieCampus A Go-Go
1965 · Yuichi Tanuma
movieWe Will Remember
1965 · Lieutenant Konuma
movieYoung Guy at Sea
1965 · 田沼真一（若大将）
movieSanshiro Sugata
1965 · Sanshiro Sugata
movieRed Beard
1965 · Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
movieFright Time
1964
movieYearning
1964 · Koji Morita
movieThe Sun is Calling You
1963
movieYoung Guy in Hawaii
1963 · 若大将
movieHonolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
1963 · Jiro Okamoto
movieSiege of Fort Bismarck
1963
movieWarring Clans
1963 · Ochi Kittan "Batta"
movieAttack Squadron
1963 · Captain Shiro Taki
movieBorn in Sin
1962
movieChûshingura
1962 · Lord Naganori Asano
movieMount Hakone
1962
movieCollege Champ
1962 · Yuichi Tanuma
movieOperation Sewer Rats
1962 · Hayashi
movieThe Crimson Sky
1962
moviePride of the Campus
1962 · Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
movieSanjuro
1962 · Iori Izaka
movieDifferent Sons
1961 · Shoji Akagi
movieBlood on the Sea
1961
movieSir Galahad in Campus
1961 · Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
movieBig Shots Die at Dawn
1961 · Jiro
movieThe Man from the East
1961 · Kenta Hasebe
movieHappiness of Us Alone
1961 · Akira
movieLovers of Ginza
1961
movieBlueprint of Murder
1961 · Jirô Kusaka
movieWestward Desperado
1960
movieMan Against Man
1960 · Toshio Masue
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