Yūzō Kayama

Personal Info

Birthday

April 11, 1937

(88 years old)

Place of Birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Юдзо Каяма

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.

Known For

As If In Flight

The Sword of Doom

Red Beard

Thunderbolt

Sanjuro

Japan's Longest Day

Battle of the Japan Sea

Zero

Filmography

1999
Messengers
as Makoto Shimano
1995
Thunderbolt
as Coach Mirakami
1984
The Detective
as Isao Muramatsu
Zero
as Manbei Shimokawa
1977
Mount Hakkoda
as Captain Kurata
1974
ESPY
as Hojo
1972
Red Target
as Akira Hino
1970
The Militarists
as Goro Arai
The Creature Called Man
as Noboru Toda
Duel at Fort Ezo
as Saburota Edo
1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
as Cmdr. Hirose
1968
Young Challengers
as Oshiba Records singer
My Brother, My Love
as Teppei Kitagawa
Admiral Yamamoto
as First Lieutenant Ijuin
Good-bye Moscow
as The Promoter
1967
Two in the Shadow
as Shiro Mishima
Japan's Longest Day
as Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
The Young Ace in the South Pacific
as Yuichi Tanuma
Let's Go! Young Guy
as Yuuichi Tanuma
1966
Come Marry Me
as Tamotsu Suyama
Forever With You
as Yuzo Kayama
Young Ace in the Alps
as Yuichi Tanuma
The Sword of Doom
as Hyoma Utsuki
1965
Campus A Go-Go
as Yuichi Tanuma
Young Guy at Sea
as 田沼真一（若大将）
Sanshiro Sugata
as Sanshiro Sugata
Red Beard
as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
1964
Yearning
as Koji Morita
1963
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
as Jiro Okamoto
The Young Ace in Hawaii
as 若大将

Warring Clans
as Ochi Kittan "Batta"
Attack Squadron
as Captain Shiro Taki
1962
Chûshingura
as Lord Naganori Asano
College Champ
as Yuichi Tanuma
Operation Sewer Rats
as Hayashi
Pride of the Campus
as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
Sanjuro
as Iori Izaka
1961
Different Sons
as Shoji Akagi
Sir Galahad in Campus
as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
Big Shots Die at Dawn
as Jiro
Happiness of Us Alone
as Akira
Blueprint of Murder
as Jirô Kusaka
1960
Man Against Man
as Toshio Masue