Yūjirō Ishihara
Yūjirō Ishihara was a Japanese actor and singer born in Kobe. His elder brother was 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. His early death from liver cancer was a major public event in Japan.
Movies (37)
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
- Samurai Banners (1969)
- The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
- Tenchu! (1969)
- Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny (1970)
- A Slope in the Sun (1958)
- Alone Across the Pacific (1963)
- I Am Waiting (1957)
- Crazed Fruit (1956)
- I Hate But Love (1962)
- The Walking Major (1970)
- A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
- Facing to the Clouds (1962)
- The Eagle and the Hawk (1957)
- The Summit of Mt. Fuji (1970)
- Rusty Knife (1958)
- Incident at Blood Pass (1970)
- Fresh Leaves (1962)
- Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow (1971)
- The Storm over Arabia (1961)
- The Cleanup (1969)
- A Man With Dragon Tattoos (1962)
- Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)
- Black Strait (1964)
- Harbor Rats (1957)
- The Earth is Born Again (1971)
- For This We Fight (1961)
- Shadow Hunters (1972)
- A Warm Misty Night (1967)
- The Harbor of No Return (1966)