Yûzô Kayama

Biography

Yuzo Kayama is a Japanese actor and singer who was born in 1937 and rose to become one of his country's foremost male stars during the 1960s. The son of the 1930s star Ken Uehara, he worked for his father's studio, Toho, where he headlined 17 Young Guy (Wakadaishô) films and specialized in romantic comedies that let him break into song, as in Oyome ni oide (1966). He debuted in Man Against Man (1960) and also appeared in Toho war pictures and crime and action thrillers before Akira Kurosawa cast him opposite Toshiro Mifune in Red Beard (1965), a two-year shoot he found extremely difficult. He returned to the Young Guy character once, in Kaettekita wakadaishô (1981), and later took a series of kindly authority roles, while continuing musical performances on stage and television.

Movie Career

Films: 7
Career span: 33 years1962 to 1995

Genres

Drama100%, 7 films
Action57%, 4 films
Romance29%, 2 films
Comedy14%, 1 film
History14%, 1 film

First and latest

Yûzô Kayama movies on Netflix

Thunderbolt1995IMDb rating 6.3as Coach Mirakami
Two in the Shadow1967IMDb rating 7.8as Shiro Mishima
The Sword of Doom1966IMDb rating 7.9as Hyoma Utsuki
Red Beard1965IMDb rating 8.3as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
Yearning1964IMDb rating 8.0as Koji Morita
Chûshingura1962IMDb rating 7.5as Takuminokami Asano
Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0as Iori Izaka

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Sanjuro1962 Action, Drama, Thrilleras Iori Izaka
IMDb rating 8.044K votes
Red Beard1965 Dramaas Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
IMDb rating 8.324K votes
The Sword of Doom1966as Hyoma Utsuki
IMDb rating 7.913K votes
Yearning1964as Koji Morita
IMDb rating 8.02.5K votes
Two in the Shadow1967as Shiro Mishima
IMDb rating 7.81.6K votes
Thunderbolt1995as Coach Mirakami
IMDb rating 6.311K votes
Chûshingura1962as Takuminokami Asano
IMDb rating 7.52.4K votes

Most often with

Akira Kurosawa directed two of these films, Mikio Naruse two. Toshirô Mifune appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Toshirô Mifune

Takashi Shimura

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Reiko Dan

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kunie TanakaAkira KurosawaDirector, 2 filmsMikio NaruseDirector, 2 films

Films together

Toshirô Mifune4 films together, 1962 to 1966
Toshirô Mifune's page
- The Sword of Doom1966IMDb rating 7.9Kayama as Hyoma UtsukiMifune as Toranosuke Shimada
- Red Beard1965IMDb rating 8.3Kayama as Dr. Noboru YasumotoMifune as Dr. Kyojô Niide
- Chûshingura1962IMDb rating 7.5Kayama as Takuminokami AsanoMifune as Genba Tawaraboshi
- Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Kayama as Iori IzakaMifune as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The Samurai
Takashi Shimura3 films together, 1962 to 1965
Takashi Shimura's page
- Red Beard1965IMDb rating 8.3Kayama as Dr. Noboru YasumotoShimura as Tokubei Izumiya
- Chûshingura1962IMDb rating 7.5Kayama as Takuminokami AsanoShimura as Hyôbu Chisaka
- Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Kayama as Iori IzakaShimura as Kurofuji
Yoshio Tsuchiya3 films together, 1962 to 1967
Yoshio Tsuchiya's page
- Two in the Shadow1967IMDb rating 7.8Kayama as Shiro MishimaTsuchiya as Yumiko's husband
- Red Beard1965IMDb rating 8.3Kayama as Dr. Noboru YasumotoTsuchiya as Dr. Handayû Mori
- Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Kayama as Iori IzakaTsuchiya as Samurai
Reiko Dan3 films together, 1962 to 1965
Reiko Dan's page
- Red Beard1965IMDb rating 8.3Kayama as Dr. Noboru YasumotoDan as Osugi
- Chûshingura1962IMDb rating 7.5Kayama as Takuminokami AsanoDan as Okaru
- Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Kayama as Iori IzakaDan as Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Tatsuya Nakadai2 films together, 1962 to 1966
Tatsuya Nakadai's page
- The Sword of Doom1966IMDb rating 7.9Kayama as Hyoma UtsukiNakadai as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Kayama as Iori IzakaNakadai as Hanbei Muroto
Kunie Tanaka2 films together, 1962 to 1966
Kunie Tanaka's page
- The Sword of Doom1966IMDb rating 7.9Kayama as Hyoma UtsukiTanaka as Senkichi
- Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Kayama as Iori IzakaTanaka as Samurai
Akira KurosawaDirector, 2 films, 1962 to 1965
- Red Beard1965IMDb rating 8.3Kayama as Dr. Noboru Yasumoto
- Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Kayama as Iori Izaka
Mikio NaruseDirector, 2 films, 1964 to 1967
- Two in the Shadow1967IMDb rating 7.8Kayama as Shiro Mishima
- Yearning1964IMDb rating 8.0Kayama as Koji Morita
Also two films together15 more actors
- Daisuke KatôTwo in the Shadow (1967) and Chûshingura (1962)
- Kamatari FujiwaraThe Sword of Doom (1966) and Sanjuro (1962)
- Yû FujikiTwo in the Shadow (1967) and Yearning (1964)
- Kô NishimuraThe Sword of Doom (1966) and Red Beard (1965)
- Hisao ToakeTwo in the Shadow (1967) and Yearning (1964)
- Yôko TsukasaTwo in the Shadow (1967) and Chûshingura (1962)
- Keiju KobayashiChûshingura (1962) and Sanjuro (1962)
- Gen ShimizuTwo in the Shadow (1967) and Yearning (1964)
- Mie HamaTwo in the Shadow (1967) and Yearning (1964)
- Tadao NakamaruTwo in the Shadow (1967) and The Sword of Doom (1966)
- Kumeko UrabeTwo in the Shadow (1967) and Yearning (1964)
- Yumi ShirakawaYearning (1964) and Chûshingura (1962)
- Mitsuko KusabueTwo in the Shadow (1967) and Yearning (1964)
- Tatsuyoshi EharaRed Beard (1965) and Sanjuro (1962)
- Yasuzô OgawaThe Sword of Doom (1966) and Yearning (1964)
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