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
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
1972
as Jubei Muroto
Tenchu!
1969
as Ryoma Sakamoto
Crazed Fruit
1956
as Takishima Natsuhisa
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
as Yamamoto
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
as Iwaoka
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
as Shinozaki Ryoki
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
as Shinozaki Ryoki
Incident at Blood Pass
1970
as Yataro
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Shinsaku Takasugi
Escape into Terror
1963
Shadow Hunters
1972
as Muroto Jubei
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
as Goro Umehara
I Am Waiting
1957
as Jôji Shimaki
Red Pier
1958
as Jiro
The Wild Reporter
1959
as Toshio Ishimatsu
The Walking Major
1970
as Kitabayashi Hiroshi
Facing to the Clouds
1962
Rusty Knife
1958
as Yukihiko Tachibana
A Slope in the Sun
1958
as Shinji Tashiro