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Yūzō Kayama 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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Born
Sunday, 11 April 1937
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Thunderbolt | Coach Mirakami | 1995 |
The Story of Fifteen Boys | Narrator | 1987 |
Zero | Manbei Shimokawa | 1984 |
Kaettekita wakadaishô | Yuichi Tanuma | 1981 |
Hakkodasan | Captain Kurata | 1977 |
Esupai | Houjo / Hojo | 1974 |
Battle of Okinawa | 1971 | |
Wakadaishô tai Aodaishô | 1971 | |
The Militarists | Goro Arai | 1970 |
Ore no sora da ze! Wakadaishô | 1970 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Thunderbolt | Coach Mirakami | 1995 |
The Story of Fifteen Boys | Narrator | 1987 |
Zero | Manbei Shimokawa | 1984 |
Kaettekita wakadaishô | Yuichi Tanuma | 1981 |
Hakkodasan | Captain Kurata | 1977 |
Esupai | Houjo / Hojo | 1974 |
Battle of Okinawa | 1971 | |
Wakadaishô tai Aodaishô | 1971 | |
The Militarists | Goro Arai | 1970 |
Ore no sora da ze! Wakadaishô | 1970 | |
The Creature Called Man | Toda | 1970 |
Ezo yakata no ketto | Saburota Edo | 1970 |
Bravo, Young Guy | Yuichi Tanuma | 1970 |
Bullet Wound | Takimura | 1969 |
Battle of the Japan Sea | Cmdr. Hirose | 1969 |
Futari no koibito | Yûichi Katô | 1969 |
Go! Go! Wakadaishô | Yuichi Tanma | 1969 |
Young Challengers | Oshiba Records singer | 1968 |
Admiral Yamamoto | First Lieutenant Ijuin | 1968 |
Rio no wakadaishô | Yuichi Tanuma | 1968 |
Saraba Mosukuwa gurentai | The Promoter | 1968 |
Scattered Clouds | Shiro Mishima | 1967 |
Japan's Longest Day | Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster | 1967 |
Judo Champion | 1967 | |
Las Vegas Free-for-All | Self | 1967 |
Zoku izuko e | Takumaru Ino | 1967 |
Come Marry Me | Yuichi Tanuma / Tamotsu Suyama | 1966 |
Zero faita dai kûsen | 1966 | |
Arupusu no wakadaishô | Yuichi Tanuma | 1966 |
Izuko e | 1966 | |
The Sword of Doom | Hyoma Utsuki | 1966 |
Campus A-Go-Go | Yuichi Tanuma / Wakadaisyô | 1965 |
Umi no wakadaishô | 1965 | |
Red Beard | Dr. Noboru Yasumoto | 1965 |
Senjo Ni Nagareru Uta | 1965 | |
Yearning | Koji Morita | 1964 |
Hawai no wakadaishô | 1963 | |
Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei | 1963 | |
Sengoku yarô | Ochi Kittan | 1963 |
Attack Squadron! | Captain Shiro Taki | 1963 |
Chushingura | Lord Naganori Asano / Takuminokami Asano | 1962 |
Mount Hakone | 1962 | |
Dobunezumi sakusen | 1962 | |
Kurenai no sora | 1962 | |
Pride of the Campus | Yuichi Tanuma / Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho) | 1962 |
Sanjuro | Iori Izaka | 1962 |
Different Sons | Shoji | 1961 |
Blood on the Sea | 1961 | |
Sir Galahad in Campus | Yuichi Tanuma / Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho) | 1961 |
Big Shots Die at Dawn | Jiro | 1961 |
The Man from the East | 1961 | |
Lovers of Ginza | 1961 | |
Happiness of Us Alone | Akira | 1961 |
Blueprint of Murder | Jirô Kusaka | 1961 |
Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e | 1960 | |
Man Against Man | Toshio Masue | 1960 |