Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
28 Dec, 1934 (90 years old)
Death date
17 Jul, 1987
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.
Known For
Acting
1982
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth
1972
Shadow Hunters
1969
Tenchu!
1969
Safari 5000
1965
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1964
Red Handkerchief
1963
Alone Across the Pacific
1962
Rainbow Over Kinmon
1958
Red Pier
1958
A Slope in the Sun
1958
Rusty Knife
1957
Man Who Causes a Storm
1957
I Am Waiting
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1956
Crazed Fruit
1956
Season of the Sun