Yūzō Kayama

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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 Ve…

  • Acting
  • Born 11 April 1937 (age 89)
  • Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
  • 79 credits

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Most-watched Yūzō Kayama films currently: Thunderbolt (1995), Red Beard (1965), Sanjuro (1962), Japan's Longest Day (1967), The Sword of Doom (1966).

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Selected TV credits: As If In Flight (1990), The Great Chase (1978).

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