Yūzō Kayama

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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yūzō Kayama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: April 11, 1937

Deathday: N/A

Popularity:

8.041

Known For

Red Beard
Red Beard

1965-04-03

Sanjuro
Sanjuro

1962-01-01

Chûshingura
Chûshingura

1962-11-03

Messengers
Messengers

1999-08-21

The Crimson Sky
The Crimson Sky

1962-03-21

The Sword of Doom
The Sword of Doom

1966-02-25

Attack Squadron
Attack Squadron

1963-01-03

Futari no Koibito
Futari no Koibito

1969-04-12

The Sun is Calling You
The Sun is Calling You

1963-09-29

Battle of the Japan Sea
Battle of the Japan Sea

1969-08-01

Yearning
Yearning

1964-01-15

Different Sons
Different Sons

1961-11-12

Mount Hakkoda
Mount Hakkoda

1977-06-04

The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa

1971-08-14

ESPY
ESPY

1974-12-28

Blueprint of Murder
Blueprint of Murder

1961-01-03

Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown
Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown

2017-06-07

The Creature Called Man
The Creature Called Man

1970-04-04

Zoku izuko e
Zoku izuko e

1967-04-12

Duel at Fort Ezo
Duel at Fort Ezo

1970-02-09

Young Guy at Sea
Young Guy at Sea

1965-08-08

Two in the Shadow
Two in the Shadow

1967-11-18

Arupusu no wakadaishô
Arupusu no wakadaishô

1966-05-28

Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt

1995-09-08

The Young Ace in the South Pacific
The Young Ace in the South Pacific

1967-07-01

Bravo, Young Guy
Bravo, Young Guy

1970-05-27

Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata

1965-05-29

Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral Yamamoto

1968-08-14

Big Shots Die at Dawn
Big Shots Die at Dawn

1961-04-09

Mount Hakone
Mount Hakone

1962-09-15

Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together
Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together

2023-01-27

Zero
Zero

1984-08-11

Zero Fighter
Zero Fighter

1966-07-13

The Militarists
The Militarists

1970-09-11

Westward Desperado
Westward Desperado

1960-10-30

Siege of Fort Bismarck
Siege of Fort Bismarck

1963-05-29

Love Forsaken
Love Forsaken

1971-04-01

Man Against Man
Man Against Man

1960-08-14

Warring Clans
Warring Clans

1963-03-23

Las Vegas Free-For-All
Las Vegas Free-For-All

1967-04-28

Campus A Go-Go
Campus A Go-Go

1965-12-19

Good-bye Moscow
Good-bye Moscow

1968-03-27

Pride of the Campus
Pride of the Campus

1962-02-10

Sir Galahad in Campus
Sir Galahad in Campus

1961-07-08

Born in Sin
Born in Sin

1962-11-23

Red Target
Red Target

1972-04-05

The Detective
The Detective

1984-09-22

My Brother, My Love
My Brother, My Love

1968-09-07

Let's Go! Young Guy
Let's Go! Young Guy

1967-01-01

College Champ
College Champ

1962-07-14

Young Challengers
Young Challengers

1968-10-12

Happiness of Us Alone
Happiness of Us Alone

1961-01-15

Come Marry Me
Come Marry Me

1966-11-20

Blood on the Sea
Blood on the Sea

1961-08-13

Forever With You
Forever With You

1966-09-10

Operation Sewer Rats
Operation Sewer Rats

1962-06-01

Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule

1971-03-06

Sun Above, Death Below
Sun Above, Death Below

1968-11-23

Bullet Wound
Bullet Wound

1969-09-10

The Young Ace in Hawaii
The Young Ace in Hawaii

1963-08-11

Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day

1967-08-03

Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

1963-11-01

Circuit-A-Go-Go
Circuit-A-Go-Go

1967-12-31

Young Guy in Rio
Young Guy in Rio

1968-07-13

Young Guy - Freshman
Young Guy - Freshman

1969-01-01

Young Guy in New Zealand
Young Guy in New Zealand

Young Guy - The Sky is Ours!
Young Guy - The Sky is Ours!

1970-08-14

Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho
Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho

1971-01-09