Yūjirō Ishihara
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1934-12-28 · Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- 1987-07-17
Known for
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) — Yamamoto
- Crazed Fruit (1956) — Takishima Natsuhisa
- Tenchu! (1969) — Ryoma Sakamoto
- A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) — Shinsaku Takasugi
- Samurai Banners (1969) — Kenshin Uesugi
- Incident at Blood Pass (1970) — Yataro
- I Am Waiting (1957) — Jôji Shimaki
- Rusty Knife (1958) — Yukihiko Tachibana
- I Hate But Love (1962) — Daisaku Kita
- Alone Across the Pacific (1963) — The Youth
- Arcadia of My Youth (1982) — Phantom F. Harlock I
- Man Who Causes a Storm (1957) — Shoichi Kokubu
- Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny (1970) — Shinozaki Ryoki
- A Slope in the Sun (1958) — Shinji Tashiro
- The Eagle and the Hawk (1957) — Senkichi Nomura
- The Sands of Kurobe (1968) — Iwaoka