Yūzō Kayama
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.
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Filmography (79 Appearances)
Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together
Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown
Rough
Nagisa
Messengers
Thunderbolt
As If In Flight
The Detective
Zero
Return of the Champ
The Great Chase
Mount Hakkoda
ESPY
Red Target
The Battle of Okinawa
Love Forsaken
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
Young Guy, the Ace Rider
The Militarists
Get Your Sky, Young Guy
Bravo, Young Guy
The Creature Called Man
Duel at Fort Ezo
Bullet Wound
Battle of the Japan Sea
Young Guy on Mt. Cook
Futari no Koibito
Young Guy Graduates
Sun Above, Death Below
Young Challengers
My Brother, My Love
Admiral Yamamoto
Young Guy in Rio
Good-bye Moscow
Circuit-A-Go-Go
Two in the Shadow
Japan's Longest Day
Young Guy in the South Pacific
Las Vegas Free-For-All
Zoku izuko e
Let's Go! Young Guy
Come Marry Me
Forever With You
Zero Fighter
It Started In The Alps
Night in Bangkok
Izuko e
The Sword of Doom
Campus A Go-Go
We Will Remember
Young Guy at Sea
Sanshiro Sugata
Red Beard
Fright Time
Yearning
The Sun is Calling You
Young Guy in Hawaii
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
Siege of Fort Bismarck
Warring Clans
Attack Squadron
Born in Sin
Chûshingura
Mount Hakone
College Champ
Operation Sewer Rats
The Crimson Sky
Pride of the Campus
Sanjuro
Different Sons
Blood on the Sea
Sir Galahad in Campus
Big Shots Die at Dawn
The Man from the East
Happiness of Us Alone
Lovers of Ginza
Blueprint of Murder
Westward Desperado
Man Against Man