About

Known credits:
67
Birthday:
1937-04-11
Place of birth:
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Yūzō Kayama

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2023 Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together Actor 58
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2017 Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown Actor N/A
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1999 Messengers Actor Makoto Shimano 58
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1995 Thunderbolt Actor Coach Mirakami 60
Fair
1990 As If In Flight Actor Shimazu Nariakira 69
Fair
1984 The Detective Actor Isao Muramatsu N/A
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1984 Zero Actor Manbei Shimokawa 58
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1978 The Great Chase Actor N/A
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1977 Mount Hakkoda Actor Captain Kurata 59
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1974 ESPY Actor Hojo 58
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1972 Red Target Actor Akira Hino 59
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1971 The Battle of Okinawa Actor 59
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1971 Love Forsaken Actor N/A
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1971 Detective Story: A Brother's Rule Actor N/A
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1970 The Militarists Actor Goro Arai 59
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1970 Bravo, Young Guy Actor N/A
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1970 The Creature Called Man Actor Noboru Toda 58
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1970 Duel at Fort Ezo Actor Saburota Edo 59
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1969 Bullet Wound Actor 58
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1969 Battle of the Japan Sea Actor Cmdr. Hirose 58
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1969 Futari no Koibito Actor N/A
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1968 Sun Above, Death Below Actor 58
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1968 Young Challengers Actor Oshiba Records singer N/A
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1968 My Brother, My Love Actor Teppei Kitagawa N/A
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1968 Admiral Yamamoto Actor First Lieutenant Ijuin 59
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1968 Young Guy in Rio Actor N/A
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1968 Good-bye Moscow Actor The Promoter N/A
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1967 Circuit-A-Go-Go Actor N/A
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1967 Two in the Shadow Actor Shiro Mishima 60
Fair
1967 Japan's Longest Day Actor Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster 59
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1967 The Young Ace in the South Pacific Actor Yuichi Tanuma N/A
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1967 Las Vegas Free-For-All Actor N/A
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1967 Zoku izuko e Actor N/A
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1967 Let's Go! Young Guy Actor Yuuichi Tanuma N/A
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1966 Come Marry Me Actor Tamotsu Suyama 58
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1966 Forever With You Actor Yuzo Kayama N/A
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1966 Zero Fighter Actor N/A
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1966 Arupusu no wakadaishô Actor Yuichi Tanuma N/A
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1966 The Sword of Doom Actor Hyoma Utsuki 64
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1965 Campus A Go-Go Actor Yuichi Tanuma 58
Average
1965 Young Guy at Sea Actor 田沼真一（若大将） N/A
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1965 Sanshiro Sugata Actor Sanshiro Sugata 58
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1965 Red Beard Actor Dr. Noboru Yasumoto 68
Fair
1964 Yearning Actor Koji Morita 61
Fair
1963 Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong Actor Jiro Okamoto N/A
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1963 The Sun is Calling You Actor N/A
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1963 The Young Ace in Hawaii Actor 若大将 N/A
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1963 Siege of Fort Bismarck Actor N/A
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1963 Warring Clans Actor Ochi Kittan "Batta" 59
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1963 Attack Squadron Actor Captain Shiro Taki 58
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1962 Born in Sin Actor N/A
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1962 Chûshingura Actor Lord Naganori Asano 59
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1962 Mount Hakone Actor N/A
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1962 College Champ Actor Yuichi Tanuma N/A
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1962 Operation Sewer Rats Actor Hayashi N/A
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1962 The Crimson Sky Actor N/A
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1962 Pride of the Campus Actor Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho) N/A
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1962 Sanjuro Actor Iori Izaka 70
Good
1961 Different Sons Actor Shoji Akagi N/A
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1961 Blood on the Sea Actor N/A
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1961 Sir Galahad in Campus Actor Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho) N/A
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1961 Big Shots Die at Dawn Actor Jiro 58
Average
1961 Happiness of Us Alone Actor Akira 59
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1961 Blueprint of Murder Actor Jirô Kusaka 58
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1960 Westward Desperado Actor 59
Average
1960 Man Against Man Actor Toshio Masue N/A
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Young Guy in New Zealand Actor N/A
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