Yūjirō Ishihara
Known for Acting
Yūjirō Ishihara (石原 裕次郎, Ishihara Yūjirō, December 28, 1934 – July 17, 1987) was a Japanese actor and singer born in Kobe.[1] His elder brother is Shintaro Ishihara, an author, politician, and the Governor of Tokyo between 1999 and 2012. Yujiro's film debut was the 1956 film Season of the Sun, based on a novel written by his brother. He was beloved by many fans as a representative youth star in the films of postwar Japan and subsequently as a macho movie hero. He was extravagantly mourned following his early death from liver cancer.
Filmography
Samurai Banners
1969
as Kenshin Uesugi
Tenchu!
1969
as Ryoma Sakamoto
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
as Iwaoka
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
as Shinozaki Ryoki
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Shinsaku Takasugi
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
as Shinozaki Ryoki
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
as Goro Umehara
Incident at Blood Pass
1970
as Yataro
The Earth is Born Again
1971
as Kazuya Uematsu
The Eagle and the Hawk
1957
as Senkichi Nomura
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
as Yamamoto
Crazed Fruit
1956
as Takishima Natsuhisa
Wait for Tomorrow
1960
as Kôhei Misugi
The Walking Major
1970
as Kitabayashi Hiroshi
The Walking Major
1970
Producer
Rusty Knife
1958
as Yukihiko Tachibana
Safari 5000
1969
Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku
1958
as Kenji Matsuyama
A Slope in the Sun
1958
as Shinji Tashiro