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Yūzō Kayama
🎂 Apr 11, 1937 (88)
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
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Sanjuro
1962
Red Beard
1965
Chûshingura
1962
Thunderbolt
1995
Japan's Longest Day
1967
The Sword of Doom
1966
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Yearning
1964
Sanshiro Sugata
1965
Two in the Shadow
1967
Zero
1984
Attack Squadron
1963
Messengers
1999
The Militarists
1970
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
ESPY
1974
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
Young Guy at Sea
1965
Different Sons
1961
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
Blueprint of Murder
1961
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
Warring Clans
1963
Campus A Go-Go
1965
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Yūzō Kayama
1937-04-11 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.Yūzō Kayama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia