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

A Slope in the Sun

Shinji Tashiro

Crazed Fruit

Takishima Natsuhisa

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

Yamamoto

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

Shinozaki Ryoki

Tenchu!

Ryoma Sakamoto

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Shinsaku Takasugi

Man Who Causes a Storm

Shoichi Kokubu

Birth of a Jazz Maiden

Haruo Nanjô