
Yūzō Kayama
Acting
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 proudes…

Sanjuro
1962
Iori Izaka

Red Beard
1965
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto

Thunderbolt
1995
Coach Mirakami

The Sword of Doom
1966
Hyoma Utsuki

Yearning
1964
Koji Morita

Two in the Shadow
1967
Shiro Mishima

Chûshingura
1962
Lord Naganori Asano

Japan's Longest Day
1967
Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster

Mount Hakkoda
1977
Captain Kurata

Warring Clans
1963
Ochi Kittan "Batta"

Messengers
1999
Makoto Shimano

The Battle of Okinawa
1971

Sanshiro Sugata
1965
Sanshiro Sugata

Admiral Yamamoto
1968
First Lieutenant Ijuin

Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
Cmdr. Hirose

ESPY
1974
Hojo

Westward Desperado
1960

Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
Saburota Edo

Zero
1984
Manbei Shimokawa

Happiness of Us Alone
1961
Akira
