Yujiro Ishihara
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 Yujiro Ishihara at album cover for The Stream of Youth (若い川の流れ Wakai kawa no nagare) (1959) |
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| Born | December 28, 1934 Kobe, Japan |
| Died | July 17, 1987 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | actor and singer |
Yujiro Ishihara (石原 裕次郎 Ishihara Yūjirō, December 28, 1934 – July 17, 1987) was a Japanese actor and singer born in Kobe. His elder brother, Shintaro Ishihara, is an author, politician, and the current Governor of Tokyo. Yujiro debuted in 1956 in "Season of the Sun," based on a novel written by his brother. As a representative youth star in films of the postwar era, and subsequently as a macho movie hero, he was called a Japanese Elvis Presley and beloved by many fans, who extravagantly mourned his early death at age 52.
Yujiro Ishihara won a prize for best new actor at the 1958 Blue Ribbon Awards for the films Washi to taka (1957) and Man Who Causes a Storm (1957).
His movies and music are still followed by lovers of the Shōwa period. On the date of his death, 17 July, his mourning ceremony is often rebroadcast on TV.
Spouse: Mie Kitahara.
He founded the Ishihara Productions film company.
He died on July 17, 1987 from liver cancer.
His image is on a 1997 Japanese postage stamp. [1]
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[edit] Filmography
(Filmography 1956-1959 is complete.[1])
- Season of the Sun (太陽の季節 Taiyō no Kisetsu, 1956) (supporting role)
- Crazed Fruit (狂った果実 Kurutta kajitsu, 1956)
- The Baby Carriage (乳母車 Ubaguruma, 1956)
- (地底の歌 Chitei no Uta, 1956)
- (月蝕 Gesshoku, 1956)
- (人間魚雷出撃す Ningengyorai shutsugekisu, 1956)
- (お転婆三人姉妹 Otenba sannin shimai, 1957)
- Jazz musume tanjō (ジャズ娘誕生 Jazu musume tanjō, 1957)
- (勝利者 Shorisha, 1957)
- This Day's Life (今日のいのち Kyo no inochi, 1957)
- Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (幕末太陽伝 Bakumatsu taiyōden, 1957) as Takasugi Shinsaku
- (海の野郎ども Umi no yarōdomo, 1957)
- (鷲と鷹 Washi to taka, 1957)
- I Am Waiting (俺は待ってるぜ Ore wa matteru ze, 1957)
- Man Who Causes a Storm (嵐を呼ぶ男 Arashi o yobu otoko, aka A Storming Drummer, 1957)
- (夜の牙 Yoru no kiba, literally "Fang of the Night", 1958)
- Rusty Knife (錆びたナイフ Sabita naifu, 1958)
- A Slope in the Sun (陽のあたる坂道 Hi no ataru sakamichi, 1958)
- (明日は明日の風が吹く Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku, 1958)
- (素晴しき男性 Subarashiki dansei, 1958)
- Fūsoku 40 metres (風速４０米 Fūsoku yonjū mētoru, 1958)
- Red Quay (赤い波止場 Akai Hatoba, 1958)
- (嵐の中を突っ走れ Arashi no naka o tsuppashire, 1958)
- (紅の翼 Kurenai no tsubasa, 1958)
- The Stream of Youth (若い川の流れ Wakai kawa no nagare, (1959)
- (今日に生きる, 1959)
- (男が爆発する, 1959)
- (山と谷と雲, 1959)
- (世界を賭ける恋, 1959)
- (男なら夢をみろ, 1959)
- (裕次郎の欧州駈けある記, 1959)
- (清水の暴れん坊 Shimizu no Abarenbo, 1959)
- (天と地を駈ける男, 1959)
- (男が命を賭ける時, 1959)
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- Alone on the Pacific aka Alone Across the Pacific (太平洋ひとりぼっち Taiheiyo hitori-botchi, 1963)
- Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)
- Kurobe's Sun (黒部の太陽; Kurobe no Taiyō, 1968)
- Arcadia of My Youth (わが青春のアルカディア Waga Seishun no Arcadia, 1982)
[edit] Discography
[edit] TV drama
- Taiyō ni Hoero! (太陽にほえろ!)
- Seibu Keisatsu (西部警察)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0226080.htm accessed 16 January 2009
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Yujiro Ishihara |
- Yujiro Memorial Hall's website (Japanese) — Yujiro Ishihara Memorial Hall in Otaru, Hokkaido
- Japan Mint: 50th Anniversary of Yujiro Ishihara's Film Debut 2006 Proof Coin Set
- Yujiro Ishihara at the Internet Movie Database
- http://shishido0.tripod.com/ishihara.html
- Nikkatsu Action Lounge - Fan Network
