Yūzō Kayama
| Yūzō Kayama | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 加山 雄三 |
| Born |
April 11, 1937 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor, singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Website |
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Yūzō Kayama (加山 雄三 Kayama Yūzō, born April 11, 1937) is a Japanese popular musician and actor. His father, Ken Uehara, was a film star during the mid-twentieth century. Yuzo Kayama became a 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.
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.[1] At that point it was the biggest selling disc in the Japanese recording industry's history.[1]
In March 2016, Kayama made a special art piece to commemorate 2,500,000 million downloads for the mobile game Terra Battle that is featured as background for the game's title screen.[2]
Filmography
- Film
| Title | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Daigaku no Wakadaishō | 1961 | Yuichi Tanuma |
| Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki | 1962 | |
| Ginza no Wakadaishō | 1962 | Yuichi Tanuma |
| Nihon-ichi no Wakadaishō | 1962 | Yuichi Tanuma |
| Sanjuro | 1962 | |
| Yearning | 1964 | Koji Morita |
| Eleki no Wakadaishō | 1965 | Yuichi Tanuma |
| Red Beard | 1965 | |
| The Sword of Doom | 1966 | Hyoma Utsuki[3] |
| Scattered Clouds | 1967 | |
- Television
| Title | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Daitsuiseki | 1978 | |
| Tobu ga Gotoku | 1990 | Shimazu Nariakira |
Family tree
| Iwakura Tomomi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iwakura Tomosada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iwakura Tomoaki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yōko Kozakura | Ken Uehara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yūzō Kayama | Megumi Matsumoto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nobuhiro Ikehata | Tetsuo Yamashita | Mayuko Azusa | Emi Ikehata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
References
- 1 2 Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 192. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ↑ 「Terra Battle Download Starter」2.5mil DL Kayama, Yuzo Interview
- ↑ Stuart Galbraith IV (May 16, 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.