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Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Acting
11 Apr 1937 (88 years)
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

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 proudes...

Also Known As

Юдзо Каяма

Photos

Yūzō Kayama photo 1