Yūzō Kayama
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-04-11 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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 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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Acting
(2023)
(2017)
(1999)
Messengers
as Makoto Shimano
(1995)
Thunderbolt
as Coach Mirakami
(1984)
Zero
as Manbei Shimokawa
(1984)
The Detective
as Isao Muramatsu
(1977)
Mount Hakkoda
as Captain Kurata
(1974)
ESPY
as Hojo
(1972)
Red Target
as Akira Hino
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
(1970)
(1970)
The Creature Called Man
as Noboru Toda
(1970)
(1970)
The Militarists
as Goro Arai
(1970)
Duel at Fort Ezo
as Saburota Edo
(1969)
(1969)
Battle of the Japan Sea
as Cmdr. Hirose
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1968)
Good-bye Moscow
as The Promoter
(1968)
(1968)
Young Challengers
as Oshiba Records singer
(1968)
Admiral Yamamoto
as First Lieutenant Ijuin
(1968)
My Brother, My Love
as Teppei Kitagawa
(1968)
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
as Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
(1967)
(1967)
Let's Go! Young Guy
as Yuuichi Tanuma
(1967)
(1967)
The Young Ace in the South Pacific
as Yuichi Tanuma
(1967)
Two in the Shadow
as Shiro Mishima
(1967)
(1966)
The Sword of Doom
as Hyoma Utsuki
(1966)
Young Ace in the Alps
as Yuichi Tanuma
(1966)
Come Marry Me
as Tamotsu Suyama
(1966)
Forever With You
as Yuzo Kayama
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
Red Beard
as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
(1965)
Sanshiro Sugata
as Sanshiro Sugata
(1965)
Young Guy at Sea
as 田沼真一（若大将）
(1965)
Campus A Go-Go
as Yuichi Tanuma
(1964)
Yearning
as Koji Morita
(1963)
Attack Squadron
as Captain Shiro Taki
(1963)
(1963)
The Young Ace in Hawaii
as 若大将
(1963)
(1963)
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
as Jiro Okamoto
(1963)
Warring Clans
as Ochi Kittan "Batta"
(1962)
Sanjuro
as Iori Izaka
(1962)
Chûshingura
as Lord Naganori Asano
(1962)
(1962)
College Champ
as Yuichi Tanuma
(1962)
Pride of the Campus
as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
(1962)
(1962)
Operation Sewer Rats
as Hayashi
(1962)
(1961)
(1961)
Sir Galahad in Campus
as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
(1961)
Happiness of Us Alone
as Akira
(1961)
Different Sons
as Shoji Akagi
(1961)
Big Shots Die at Dawn
as Jiro
(1961)
Blueprint of Murder
as Jirô Kusaka
(1961)
(1960)
(1960)
Man Against Man
as Toshio Masue