Yūzō Kayama
Born April 11, 1937 (Age: 88)
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Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yūzō Kayama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Yūzō Kayama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
Nagisa
2000
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as
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Age: 63
Zero
1984
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as Manbei Shimokawa
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Age: 47
Return of the Champ
1981
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as Yūichi Tannuma
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Age: 43
Love Forsaken
1971
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as
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Age: 33
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
1971
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as
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Age: 33
Young Guy, the Ace Rider
1971
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Age: 33
Get Your Sky, Young Guy
1970
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Age: 33
Bravo, Young Guy
1970
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as
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Age: 33
Bullet Wound
1969
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as
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Age: 32
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
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as Cmdr. Hirose
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Age: 32
Young Guy on Mt. Cook
1969
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Age: 32
Futari no Koibito
1969
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as
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Age: 32
Young Guy Graduates
1969
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as
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Age: 31
Sun Above, Death Below
1968
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as
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Age: 31
Young Challengers
1968
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as Oshiba Records singer
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Age: 31
My Brother, My Love
1968
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as Teppei Kitagawa
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Age: 31
Young Guy in Rio
1968
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as
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Age: 31
Good-bye Moscow
1968
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as The Promoter
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Age: 30
Night in Bangkok
1966
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as
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Age: 28
Izuko e
1966
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as
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Age: 28
We Will Remember
1965
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as Lieutenant Konuma
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Age: 28
Young Guy at Sea
1965
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as 田沼真一（若大将）
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Age: 28
Fright Time
1964
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as
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Age: 26
The Sun is Calling You
1963
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as
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Age: 26
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
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as 若大将
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Age: 26
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
1963
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as Jiro Okamoto
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Age: 26
Born in Sin
1962
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as
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Age: 25
College Champ
1962
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as Yuichi Tanuma
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Age: 25
Operation Sewer Rats
1962
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as Hayashi
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Age: 25
The Crimson Sky
1962
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as
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Age: 24
Pride of the Campus
1962
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as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
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Age: 24
Different Sons
1961
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as Shoji Akagi
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Age: 24
Blood on the Sea
1961
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as
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Age: 24
Sir Galahad in Campus
1961
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as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
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Age: 24
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
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as Jiro
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Age: 23
The Man from the East
1961
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as Kenta Hasebe
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Age: 23
Lovers of Ginza
1961
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as
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Age: 23
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
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as Akira
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Age: 23
Blueprint of Murder
1961
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as Jirô Kusaka
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Age: 23
Westward Desperado
1960
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as
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Age: 23
Man Against Man
1960
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as Toshio Masue
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Age: 23