Yūzō Kayama

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

79

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-04-11 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Yūzō Kayama

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

Known For

  • Bravo, Young Guy

    Bravo, Young Guy

  • Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

  • Thunderbolt

    Thunderbolt

  • Red Beard

    Red Beard

  • Chûshingura

    Chûshingura

  • As If In Flight

    As If In Flight

  • The Sword of Doom

    The Sword of Doom

  • Messengers

    Messengers

  • Admiral Yamamoto

    Admiral Yamamoto

  • The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa

  • ESPY

    ESPY

  • Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together

    Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together

  • Yearning

    Yearning

  • Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

  • Mount Hakkoda

    Mount Hakkoda

  • Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow

  • The Detective

    The Detective

  • Nagisa

    Nagisa

  • My Brother, My Love

    My Brother, My Love

  • Battle of the Japan Sea

    Battle of the Japan Sea

  • Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata

  • Return of the Champ

    Return of the Champ

  • The Sun is Calling You

    The Sun is Calling You

  • Happiness of Us Alone

    Happiness of Us Alone

  • Good-bye Moscow

    Good-bye Moscow

  • Young Guy in Rio

    Young Guy in Rio

  • Mount Hakone

    Mount Hakone

  • Campus A Go-Go

    Campus A Go-Go

  • Attack Squadron

    Attack Squadron

  • Love Forsaken

    Love Forsaken

  • Futari no Koibito

    Futari no Koibito

  • Young Guy at Sea

    Young Guy at Sea

  • Born in Sin

    Born in Sin

  • Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown

    Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown

  • Red Target

    Red Target

  • Rough

    Rough

  • Detective Story: A Brother's Rule

    Detective Story: A Brother's Rule

  • Zoku izuko e

    Zoku izuko e

  • The Creature Called Man

    The Creature Called Man

  • Zero

    Zero

  • Siege of Fort Bismarck

    Siege of Fort Bismarck

  • Izuko e

    Izuko e

  • Lovers of Ginza

    Lovers of Ginza

  • Warring Clans

    Warring Clans

  • Bullet Wound

    Bullet Wound

  • Man Against Man

    Man Against Man

  • It Started In The Alps

    It Started In The Alps

  • Get Your Sky, Young Guy

    Get Your Sky, Young Guy

  • Blood on the Sea

    Blood on the Sea

  • The Crimson Sky

    The Crimson Sky

  • Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

    Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

  • Sun Above, Death Below

    Sun Above, Death Below

  • Sir Galahad in Campus

    Sir Galahad in Campus

  • Young Guy, the Ace Rider

    Young Guy, the Ace Rider

  • Westward Desperado

    Westward Desperado

  • Circuit-A-Go-Go

    Circuit-A-Go-Go

  • Let's Go! Young Guy

    Let's Go! Young Guy

  • Young Guy in Hawaii

    Young Guy in Hawaii

  • Big Shots Die at Dawn

    Big Shots Die at Dawn

  • The Militarists

    The Militarists

  • Operation Sewer Rats

    Operation Sewer Rats

  • Come Marry Me

    Come Marry Me

  • Las Vegas Free-For-All

    Las Vegas Free-For-All

  • Young Guy Graduates

    Young Guy Graduates

  • Zero Fighter

    Zero Fighter

  • Duel at Fort Ezo

    Duel at Fort Ezo

  • Blueprint of Murder

    Blueprint of Murder

  • Young Guy on Mt. Cook

    Young Guy on Mt. Cook

  • Pride of the Campus

    Pride of the Campus

  • Forever With You

    Forever With You

  • College Champ

    College Champ

  • Young Challengers

    Young Challengers

  • The Great Chase

    The Great Chase

  • Young Guy in the South Pacific

    Young Guy in the South Pacific

  • Different Sons

    Different Sons

  • We Will Remember

    We Will Remember

  • Fright Time

    Fright Time

  • Night in Bangkok

    Night in Bangkok

  • The Man from the East

    The Man from the East