Yūzō Kayama
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
Thunderbolt
as Coach MirakamiIn order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a...
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Red Beard
as Dr. Noboru YasumotoAspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is...
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Sanjuro
as Iori IzakaToshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced,...
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The Sword of Doom
as Hyoma UtsukiRyunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate...
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Yearning
as Koji MoritaWar widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many...
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Japan's Longest Day
as Morio Tateno - NHK BroadcasterFollowing the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
as Cmdr. HiroseJapan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the...
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Admiral Yamamoto
as First Lieutenant IjuinAs Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto...
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Mount Hakkoda
as Captain KurataTwo infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the...
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Campus A Go-Go
as Yuichi TanumaYoung Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football....
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Two in the Shadow
as Shiro MishimaA man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him...
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Attack Squadron
as Captain Shiro TakiLt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He...
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The Battle of Okinawa
as uncreditedThe Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The...
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The Detective
as Isao MuramatsuDetective Muramatsu's wife, Fusae, is killed by a drug addict. After the criminal climbs to the...
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47 Ronin
as Lord Naganori AsanoAfter their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await...
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Messengers
as Makoto ShimanoNaomi Shimizu is a young career woman working for Enrico Dandolo, an Italian fashion house. That...
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Blueprint of Murder
as Jirô KusakaYuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother...
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Young Challengers
as Oshiba Records singerA story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow,...
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Westward Desperado
as uncreditedIn this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do...
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The Young Ace in Hawaii
as 若大将Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous...
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Zero
as Manbei ShimokawaTwo young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test...
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Operation Sewer Rats
as HayashiTowards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from...
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Warring Clans
as Ochi Kittan "Batta"A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful...
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Happiness of Us Alone
as AkiraThe story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a...
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ESPY
as HojoThe film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog,...
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Zoku izuko e
as uncreditedSequel to "真実の愛情を求めて 何処へ" (1954). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.
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Arupusu no wakadaishô
as Yuichi TanumaSeventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa
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Pride of the Campus
as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant,...
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Sun Above, Death Below
as uncreditedSuspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the...
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Different Sons
as Shoji AkagiIn the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray...
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The Young Ace in the South Pacific
as Yuichi TanumaThe 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train...
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
as JiroAn early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last...
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Las Vegas Free-For-All
as uncreditedThe Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures...
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The Sun is Calling You
as uncreditedA man with a dark past comes from Tokyo to the fishing port of Izu, and tries to begin a new...
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Man Against Man
as Toshio MasueKikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a...
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Born in Sin
as uncreditedA dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
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Sanshiro Sugata
as Sanshiro SugataRemake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. A young man, Sanshiro...
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College Champ
as Yuichi TanumaYuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon...
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The Creature Called Man
as Noboru TodaA top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator,...
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Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
as uncreditedIwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of...
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Duel at Fort Ezo
as Saburota Edo1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots...
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Blood on the Sea
as uncreditedFour fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
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Let's Go! Young Guy
as Yuuichi TanumaCollege student Yuuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face...
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Red Target
as Akira HinoA gunslinger is hired to kill a news photographer. The young ward of the shot photographer...
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Good-bye Moscow
as The PromoterEx-jazz pianist turned promoter finds he is successful, but empty. When an entrepreneur sends...
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Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
as Jiro OkamotoThe third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the...
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Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown
as uncreditedChigasaki is a land of entertainment, which produces many entertainers. Junichi Miyaji is a...
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Young Guy at Sea
as 田沼真一（若大将）Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young...
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Young Guy - The Sky is Ours!
as uncreditedYuzo Kayama does skydiving.
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Come Marry Me
as Tamotsu SuyamaMasako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his...
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Bullet Wound
as uncreditedYuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between...
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Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together
as uncreditedThe documentary about how Beatles went popular in Japan and did a concert in Budokan back in 1966.
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Sir Galahad in Campus
as Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
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Love Forsaken
as uncreditedThe story is about Tomoko and her relationships with three men.
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Young Guy - Freshman
as uncreditedYoung Guy graduates from University.
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Circuit-A-Go-Go
as uncreditedRally themed entry in the Wakadaisho series
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As If In Flight
as Shimazu NariakiraHistorical drama about the life of Saigō Takamori and his involvement with the Meiji Restoration.
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