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Yûjirô Ishihara

Yûjirô Ishihara

Birthday: 1934-12-28 | Place of Birth: Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1982
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth

as    Phantom F. Harlock I

1972
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

as    Jubei Muroto

1970
Incident at Blood Pass

as    Yataro

1969
Samurai Banners

as    Kenshin Uesugi

1958
Red Pier

as    Jiro

1957
Birth of a Jazz Maiden

as    Haruo Nanjô

1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

as    Shinsaku Takasugi