Yūjirō Ishihara

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

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

as Yamamoto

Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth

as Phantom F. Harlock I

Tenchu!

as Ryoma Sakamoto

Crazed Fruit

as Takishima Natsuhisa

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

as Shinsaku Takasugi

Incident at Blood Pass

as Yataro

I Am Waiting

as Jôji Shimaki

Samurai Banners

as Kenshin Uesugi

Rusty Knife

as Yukihiko Tachibana

I Hate But Love

as Daisaku Kita