Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama
Native name 加山 雄三
Born (1937-04-11) April 11, 1937
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation Musician, singer-songwriter, actor
Years active 1960–present
Website www.kayamayuzo.com

Yūzō Kayama (加山 雄三, Kayama Yūzō, born April 11, 1937) is a Japanese popular musician, singer-songwriter 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 the background for the game's title screen.[2]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role
1961 Daigaku no Wakadaishō Yuichi Tanuma
1962 Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki Asano Naganori
1962 Ginza no Wakadaishō Yuichi Tanuma
1962 Nihon-ichi no Wakadaishō Yuichi Tanuma
1962 Sanjuro Iori Izaka
1964 Yearning Koji Morita
1965 Eleki no Wakadaishō Yuichi Tanuma
1965 Red Beard Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
1966 The Sword of Doom Hyoma Utsuki[3]
1967 Scattered Clouds Shiro Mishima
1967 Japan's Longest Day Morio Tateno
1968 Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku First Lieutenant Ijuin
1971 Battle of Okinawa
1974 ESPY Houjo
1977 Mount Hakkoda Captain Kurata
1995 Thunderbolt Coach Murakami

Television

Year Title Role
1975~1981 Edo no Kaze Chiaki Joenosuke
1978 Daitsuiseki
1990 Tobu ga Gotoku Shimazu Nariakira
2009 Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo Himself

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. 1 2 Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 192. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  2. ↑ 「Terra Battle Download Starter」2.5mil DL Kayama, Yuzo Interview
  3. ↑ 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.
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