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Yūzō Kayama

Acting Born Apr 11, 1937 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 24 credits

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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

Film

Thunderbolt

as Coach Mirakami
Film

Red Beard

as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Film

Sanjuro

as Iori Izaka

Full filmography

  • Thunderbolt (1995) as Coach Mirakami
  • Red Beard (1965) as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
  • Sanjuro (1962) as Iori Izaka
  • The Sword of Doom (1966) as Hyoma Utsuki
  • Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
  • Chûshingura (1962) as Lord Naganori Asano
  • The Great Chase (1978)
  • The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
  • As If In Flight (1990) as Shimazu Nariakira
  • ESPY (1974) as Hojo
  • Mount Hakkoda (1977) as Captain Kurata
  • Nagisa (2000)
  • The Militarists (1970) as Goro Arai
  • Admiral Yamamoto (1968) as First Lieutenant Ijuin
  • Messengers (1999) as Makoto Shimano
  • Yearning (1964) as Koji Morita
  • Warring Clans (1963) as Ochi Kittan "Batta"
  • Two in the Shadow (1967) as Shiro Mishima
  • Futari no Koibito (1969)
  • Blueprint of Murder (1961) as Jirô Kusaka
  • Young Guy at Sea (1965) as 田沼真一（若大将）
  • Sanshiro Sugata (1965) as Sanshiro Sugata
  • Las Vegas Free-For-All (1967)
  • Attack Squadron (1963) as Captain Shiro Taki