Yūjirō Ishihara

Born: 1934-12-28

Birthplace: Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

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
Tenchu!
Crazed Fruit
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
The Sands of Kurobe
The Champion
My Sweetheart
A Slope in the Sun
Alone Across the Pacific
Samurai Banners

Top Movie Credits

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes Yamamoto
Tenchu! Ryoma Sakamoto
Crazed Fruit Takishima Natsuhisa
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era Shinsaku Takasugi
The Sands of Kurobe Iwaoka
The Champion Shuntaro Fuma
My Sweetheart Director Ishizaki
A Slope in the Sun Shinji Tashiro
Alone Across the Pacific The Youth
Samurai Banners Kenshin Uesugi