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Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Acting · 1934–1987 · Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

IMDb

54 titles in this catalog, 30 of them scored with a median Balasaur Score of 70. The 1970s rate best: median 71 across 3 titles. Yūjirō Ishihara appears most often alongside Ruriko Asaoka (21 titles), Izumi Ashikawa (14), Hideaki Nitani (12).

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.

Acting 104

Production 7

Sound 3

Directing 1