Yūzō Kayama
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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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Known for
Thunderbolt
Coach Mirakami
The Great Chase
As If In Flight
Shimazu Nariakira
Red Beard
Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Chûshingura
Lord Naganori Asano
Japan's Longest Day
Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Battle of the Japan Sea
Cmdr. Hirose
Admiral Yamamoto
First Lieutenant Ijuin
The Militarists
Goro Arai
Sanjuro
Iori Izaka
Messengers
Makoto Shimano
Different Sons
Shoji Akagi
ESPY
Hojo
Campus A Go-Go
Yuichi Tanuma
Mount Hakkoda
Captain Kurata
Blood on the Sea
Operation Sewer Rats
Hayashi
Sir Galahad in Campus
Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
The Sword of Doom
Hyoma Utsuki
Westward Desperado
Las Vegas Free-For-All
Warring Clans
Ochi Kittan "Batta"
The Young Ace in Hawaii
若大将
The Battle of Okinawa
Siege of Fort Bismarck
Attack Squadron
Captain Shiro Taki
Pride of the Campus
Yuichi Tanuma (Wakadaisho)
Zero
Manbei Shimokawa
Mount Hakone
The Crimson Sky
Blueprint of Murder
Jirô Kusaka
Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata
Big Shots Die at Dawn
Jiro
Zero Fighter
Let's Go! Young Guy
Yuuichi Tanuma
Zoku izuko e
Lovers of Ginza
Come Marry Me
Tamotsu Suyama
Happiness of Us Alone
Akira
Duel at Fort Ezo
Saburota Edo
Yearning
Koji Morita
Young Challengers
Oshiba Records singer
Good-bye Moscow
The Promoter
The Young Ace in the South Pacific
Yuichi Tanuma
Bullet Wound
My Brother, My Love
Teppei Kitagawa
Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown
Two in the Shadow
Shiro Mishima
College Champ
Yuichi Tanuma
The Creature Called Man
Noboru Toda
Young Guy at Sea
田沼真一（若大将）
Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles Budokan Performance 1966 - A Dream We Had Together
Sun Above, Death Below
Man Against Man
Toshio Masue
The Detective
Isao Muramatsu
Bravo, Young Guy
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
Red Target
Akira Hino
Young Guy in New Zealand
Arupusu no wakadaishô
Yuichi Tanuma
Love Forsaken
Futari no Koibito
The Sun is Calling You
Young Guy - The Sky is Ours!
Born in Sin
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
Jiro Okamoto
Young Guy - Freshman
Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho
Circuit-A-Go-Go
Forever With You
Yuzo Kayama