Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/11/1937
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, 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. 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...
Known For
Bravo, Young Guy
Unknown Role
Sanjuro
as Iori Izaka
Thunderbolt
as Coach Mirakami
The Sword of Doom
as Hyoma Utsuki
Red Beard
as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Return of the Champ
as Yūichi Tannuma
Chûshingura
as Lord Naganori Asano
The Detective
as Isao Muramatsu
Admiral Yamamoto
as First Lieutenant Ijuin
Japan's Longest Day
as Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Nagisa
Unknown Role
ESPY
as Hojo
My Brother, My Love
as Teppei Kitagawa
Futari no Koibito
Unknown Role
Yearning
as Koji Morita
Battle of the Japan Sea
as Cmdr. Hirose
The Battle of Okinawa
Unknown Role
Sanshiro Sugata
as Sanshiro Sugata
Zero
as Manbei Shimokawa
Messengers
as Makoto Shimano