Yūzō Kayama
Known for Acting · 80 credits
- Born
- 1937-04-11 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Also known as
- Юдзо Каяма
Biography
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (77)
Thunderbolt
1995
as Coach Mirakami
Red Beard
1965
as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Sanjuro
1962
as Iori Izaka
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Two in the Shadow
1967
as Shiro Mishima
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
as First Lieutenant Ijuin
Mount Hakkoda
1977
as Captain Kurata
The Sword of Doom
1966
as Hyoma Utsuki
Campus A Go-Go
1965
as Yuichi Tanuma
Chûshingura
1962
as Lord Naganori Asano
Yearning
1964
as Koji Morita
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
as Jiro
The Militarists
1970
as Goro Arai
Attack Squadron
1963
as Captain Shiro Taki
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
as Cmdr. Hirose
Zoku izuko e
1967
ESPY
1974
as Hojo
Nagisa
2000
Blueprint of Murder
1961
as Jirô Kusaka
Sanshiro Sugata
1965
as Sanshiro Sugata
Warring Clans
1963
as Ochi Kittan "Batta"
Westward Desperado
1960
Rough
2006
Futari no Koibito
1969
Young Challengers
1968
as Oshiba Records singer
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
as Saburota Edo
Zero Fighter
1966
Zero
1984
as Manbei Shimokawa
Blood on the Sea
1961
The Crimson Sky
1962
Pride of the Campus
1962
as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
Sun Above, Death Below
1968
Mount Hakone
1962
Operation Sewer Rats
1962
as Hayashi
Messengers
1999
as Makoto Shimano
Man Against Man
1960
as Toshio Masue
Siege of Fort Bismarck
1963
Let's Go! Young Guy
1967
as Yuuichi Tanuma
College Champ
1962
as Yuichi Tanuma
Lovers of Ginza
1961
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
as 若大将
Come Marry Me
1966
as Tamotsu Suyama
Las Vegas Free-For-All
1967
Different Sons
1961
as Shoji Akagi
My Brother, My Love
1968
as Teppei Kitagawa
The Detective
1984
as Isao Muramatsu
Young Guy in the South Pacific
1967
as Yuichi Tanuma
Born in Sin
1962
Young Guy at Sea
1965
as 田沼真一（若大将）
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
1971
Love Forsaken
1971
Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together
2023
It Started In The Alps
1966
as Yuichi Tanuma
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
as Akira
The Creature Called Man
1970
as Noboru Toda
Young Guy Graduates
1969
Good-bye Moscow
1968
as The Promoter
The Sun is Calling You
1963
Circuit-A-Go-Go
1967
Izuko e
1966
Bullet Wound
1969
Sir Galahad in Campus
1961
as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
Red Target
1972
as Akira Hino
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
1963
as Jiro Okamoto
Bravo, Young Guy
1970
Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown
2017
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Young Guy on Mt. Cook
1969
Young Guy, the Ace Rider
1971
Forever With You
1966
as Yuzo Kayama
Get Your Sky, Young Guy
1970
Return of the Champ
1981
as Yūichi Tannuma
The Man from the East
1961
as Kenta Hasebe
Night in Bangkok
1966
Fright Time
1964
We Will Remember
1965
as Lieutenant Konuma
About 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 inspira… With 80 credits spanning from 1960 to 2023, Yūzō Kayama has appeared in 77 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Yūzō Kayama Movies
- Thunderbolt (1995) — as Coach Mirakami
- Red Beard (1965) — as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
- Sanjuro (1962) — as Iori Izaka
- The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
- Two in the Shadow (1967) — as Shiro Mishima
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