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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.
Top Filmography
6.8
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965 // MOVIE
6.9
Crazed Fruit
1956 // MOVIE
6.9
Tenchu!
1969 // MOVIE
7.0
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 // MOVIE
6.8
Incident at Blood Pass
1970 // MOVIE
7.4
Samurai Banners
1969 // MOVIE
6.5
I Am Waiting
1957 // MOVIE
5.7
Rusty Knife
1958 // MOVIE
6.9
I Hate But Love
1962 // MOVIE
6.9
Alone Across the Pacific
1963 // MOVIE
6.7
Man Who Causes a Storm
1957 // MOVIE
6.6
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970 // MOVIE
5.7
The Eagle and the Hawk
1957 // MOVIE
6.5
The Sands of Kurobe
1968 // MOVIE
5.5
A Slope in the Sun
1958 // MOVIE