Yūzō Kayama

Acting Apr 11, 1937 (89 years old) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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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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80 Acting Credits

Yūzō Kayama

Acting

Sanjuro

Red Beard

Thunderbolt

The Sword of Doom

Yearning

Chûshingura

Two in the Shadow

Japan's Longest Day

Mount Hakkoda

Warring Clans

The Battle of Okinawa

Messengers

Sanshiro Sugata

ESPY

Admiral Yamamoto

Battle of the Japan Sea

Westward Desperado

Duel at Fort Ezo

Zero

Happiness of Us Alone

Nagisa

Blueprint of Murder

Big Shots Die at Dawn

Campus A Go-Go