Yūjirō Ishihara
1934-12-28 (1934)Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, JapanActing
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.
Known For
Big City: Days of Struggle
TV • 1976
Tenchu!
MOVIE • 1969
Bark at the Sun
TV • 1972
Crazed Fruit
MOVIE • 1956
Seibu Keisatsu
TV • 1979
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
MOVIE • 1965
Samurai Banners
MOVIE • 1969
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
MOVIE • 1970
Rusty Knife
MOVIE • 1958
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
MOVIE • 1971
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
MOVIE • 1957
I Am Waiting
MOVIE • 1957
The Sands of Kurobe
MOVIE • 1968
Incident at Blood Pass
MOVIE • 1970
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
MOVIE • 1972
Safari 5000
MOVIE • 1969
A Slope in the Sun
MOVIE • 1958
Man Who Causes a Storm
MOVIE • 1957