Yūjirō Ishihara

ActorProducerComposerSoundDirector Dec 28 (died age 52) Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan 1956–1984 (28 year career)

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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 follow…

Known For

Film

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Yamamoto

Film

Crazed Fruit

Takishima Natsuhisa

Film

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Shinsaku Takasugi

Film

Tenchu!

Ryoma Sakamoto

Film

Samurai Banners

Kenshin Uesugi

Film

Incident at Blood Pass

Yataro

Film

I Am Waiting

Jôji Shimaki

Film

I Hate But Love

Daisaku Kita

Filmography

Acting (103)

Movies (100)

Again

1984

Arcadia of My Youth

1982

as Phantom F. Harlock I

Frozen River

Rebellion Reward

as Tetsuo Okita

Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

as Jubei Muroto

Shadow Hunters

as Muroto Jubei

A Man's World

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

1971

as Shinozaki Ryoki

5.8

The Earth is Born Again

1971

as Kazuya Uematsu

The Walking Major

1970

as Kitabayashi Hiroshi

2.0

Spartan Education

1970

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

1970

as Goro Umehara

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

1970

as Shinozaki Ryoki

6.6

Incident at Blood Pass

as Yataro

Samurai Banners

as Kenshin Uesugi

Safari 5000

Tenchu!

as Ryoma Sakamoto

The Cleanup

as Shimaji

The Sands of Kurobe

as Iwaoka

Dice and Swords

Man of a Stormy Era

as Shinsuke Kusaka

I Shall Not Forget

1968

A Warm Misty Night

1967

as Tôru Sagara

My Sweetheart

1967

as Director Ishizaki

Outlaw's Gold

1967

as 立原英次

Hawk of the Harbour

1967

The Harbor of No Return

1966

Kill the Night Rose

1966

as Shinroku Tokugawa

Challenge for Glory

1966

A World For Two

1966

Love and Desire in the Night Mist

1966

Taking the Castle

1965

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

1965

as Yamamoto

6.8

Why Are We Young?

1965

as Kensuke Nonomura

Showdown in the Red Valley

1965

as Shingo Kazama

In Tears

1965

as Hiroshi

Red Handkerchief

Sunset Hill

The Eternal Life

Black Strait

as Akio Maki

Gambling Den Breakdown

1964

Satsujinsha o Kese

1964

Alone Across the Pacific

as The Youth

Foggy Night Blues

Escape into Terror

I Fly for Kicks

Rainbow Over Kinmon

as 武井一郎

Love in Ginza

I Hate But Love

as Daisaku Kita

零戦黒雲一家

Fresh Leaves

as Shintaro Masaki

Seinen no isu

1962

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

1962

A Man With Dragon Tattoos

1962

Facing to the Clouds

1962

For This We Fight

1961

The Storm over Arabia

1961

as Kentarô Munakata

That Guy and I

1961

as Saburo Kurokawa

10.0

A Bold Life

1961

as Shuhei Chubu

Ajisai no uta

The Cards Will Tell

Yakuza sensei

Wait for Tomorrow

as Kôhei Misugi

Man at the Bullfight

1960

as Tôu Kitami

The Day of Youth

1960

Hakuginjô no taiketsu

1960

Dream Young Man's Dream

1959

We Live Today

1959

as Shiro

When a Man Risks His Life

1959

The Wild Reporter

1959

as Toshio Ishimatsu

The Stream of Youth

The Sky Is Mine

A Man Explodes

The Echo of Love

A Love that Wagers the World

1959

as Yuji Muraoka

Yujiro in Europe

1959

as (Self)

The Man Who Rode the Typhoon

A Slope in the Sun

as Shinji Tashiro

Fangs of Night

Red Pier

as Jiro

Crimson Wings

as Koji Ishida

Showdown in the Storm

1958

Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku

1958

as Kenji Matsuyama

Rusty Knife

1958

as Yukihiko Tachibana

5.7

That Wonderful Guy

1958

as Takeo

This Day's Life

1957

I Am Waiting

1957

as Jôji Shimaki

6.5

Birth of a Jazz Maiden

1957

as Haruo Nanjô

Dancing Sisters

1957

as Daisuke Yamano

The Eagle and the Hawk

as Senkichi Nomura

The Champion

as Shuntaro Fuma

Man Who Causes a Storm

1957

as Shoichi Kokubu

6.7

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957

as Shinsaku Takasugi

7.0

Harbor Rats

1957

Human Torpedoes Attack

1956

Lunar Eclipse

1956

Crazed Fruit

1956

as Takishima Natsuhisa

Season of the Sun

The Baby Carriage

as Muneo Aizawa

Song of the Underworld

1956

as "Diamond" Fuyu

Television (3)

Seibu Keisatsu

1979

Big City: Days of Struggle

1976

Bark at the Sun

1972

as Toudou Shunsuke (Boss)

9.0

Crew (11)

Movies (10)

Wild Cop

Producer

Wild Cop 2

Producer

Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

1972

Producer

7.0

Shadow Hunters

1972

Original Music Composer

Shadow Hunters

Producer

The Walking Major

Producer

Taking the Castle

Executive Producer

Satsujinsha o Kese

1964

Theme Song Performance

Yujiro in Europe

1959

Director

Showdown in the Storm

1958

Theme Song Performance

Television (1)

Haguregumo

1978

Producer

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