Yūjirō Ishihara
Actor
Biography
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.
As Director
Filmography
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as Yamamoto 1965
Crazed Fruit
as Takishima Natsuhisa 1956
Tenchu!
as Ryoma Sakamoto 1969
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Shinsaku Takasugi 1957
Incident at Blood Pass
as Yataro 1970
Samurai Banners
as Kenshin Uesugi 1969
I Am Waiting
as Jôji Shimaki 1957
Rusty Knife
as Yukihiko Tachibana 1958
I Hate But Love
as Daisaku Kita 1962
Alone Across the Pacific
as The Youth 1963
Man Who Causes a Storm
as Shoichi Kokubu 1957
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Shinozaki Ryoki 1970
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Senkichi Nomura 1957
The Sands of Kurobe
as Iwaoka 1968
A Slope in the Sun
as Shinji Tashiro 1958
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as Shinozaki Ryoki 1971
Red Handkerchief
1964