People
Yūzō Kayama
Biography:
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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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together | 2023-01-27 |
Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown | 2017-06-07 |
Messengers as Makoto Shimano | 1999-08-21 |
Thunderbolt as Coach Mirakami | 1995-09-08 |
The Detective as Isao Muramatsu | 1984-09-22 |
Zero as Manbei Shimokawa | 1984-08-11 |
Mount Hakkoda as Captain Kurata | 1977-06-04 |
ESPY as Hojo | 1974-12-28 |
Red Target as Akira Hino | 1972-04-05 |
The Battle of Okinawa | 1971-08-14 |
Love Forsaken | 1971-04-01 |
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule | 1971-03-06 |
Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho | 1971-01-09 |
The Militarists as Goro Arai | 1970-09-11 |
Young Guy - The Sky is Ours! | 1970-08-14 |
Bravo, Young Guy | 1970-05-27 |
The Creature Called Man as Noboru Toda | 1970-04-04 |
Duel at Fort Ezo as Saburota Edo | 1970-02-09 |
Bullet Wound | 1969-09-10 |
Battle of the Japan Sea as Cmdr. Hirose | 1969-08-01 |
Futari no Koibito | 1969-04-12 |
Young Guy - Freshman | 1969-01-01 |
Sun Above, Death Below | 1968-11-23 |
Young Challengers as Oshiba Records singer | 1968-10-12 |
My Brother, My Love as Teppei Kitagawa | 1968-09-07 |
Admiral Yamamoto as First Lieutenant Ijuin | 1968-08-14 |
Young Guy in Rio | 1968-07-13 |
Good-bye Moscow as The Promoter | 1968-03-27 |
Circuit-A-Go-Go | 1967-12-31 |
Two in the Shadow as Shiro Mishima | 1967-11-18 |
Japan's Longest Day as Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster | 1967-08-03 |
The Young Ace in the South Pacific as Yuichi Tanuma | 1967-07-01 |
Las Vegas Free-For-All | 1967-04-28 |
Zoku izuko e | 1967-04-12 |
Let's Go! Young Guy as Yuuichi Tanuma | 1967-01-01 |
Come Marry Me as Tamotsu Suyama | 1966-11-20 |
Forever With You as Yuzo Kayama | 1966-09-10 |
Zero Fighter | 1966-07-13 |
Arupusu no wakadaishô as Yuichi Tanuma | 1966-05-28 |
The Sword of Doom as Hyoma Utsuki | 1966-02-25 |
Campus A Go-Go as Yuichi Tanuma | 1965-12-19 |
Young Guy at Sea as 田沼真一(若大将) | 1965-08-08 |
Sanshiro Sugata as Sanshiro Sugata | 1965-05-29 |
Red Beard as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
Yearning as Koji Morita | 1964-01-15 |
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong as Jiro Okamoto | 1963-11-01 |
The Sun is Calling You | 1963-09-29 |
The Young Ace in Hawaii as 若大将 | 1963-08-11 |
Siege of Fort Bismarck | 1963-05-29 |
Warring Clans as Ochi Kittan "Batta" | 1963-03-23 |
Attack Squadron as Captain Shiro Taki | 1963-01-03 |
Born in Sin | 1962-11-23 |
Chûshingura as Lord Naganori Asano | 1962-11-03 |
Mount Hakone | 1962-09-15 |
College Champ as Yuichi Tanuma | 1962-07-14 |
Operation Sewer Rats as Hayashi | 1962-06-01 |
The Crimson Sky | 1962-03-21 |
Pride of the Campus as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho) | 1962-02-10 |
Sanjuro as Iori Izaka | 1962-01-01 |
Different Sons as Shoji Akagi | 1961-11-12 |
Blood on the Sea | 1961-08-13 |
Sir Galahad in Campus as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho) | 1961-07-08 |
Big Shots Die at Dawn as Jiro | 1961-04-09 |
Happiness of Us Alone as Akira | 1961-01-15 |
Blueprint of Murder as Jirô Kusaka | 1961-01-03 |
Westward Desperado | 1960-10-30 |
Man Against Man as Toshio Masue | 1960-08-14 |