Yลซzล Kayama

    Yลซzล Kayama

    April 11, 1937 (87 years old) in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yลซzล Kayama (ๅŠ ๅฑฑ ้›„ไธ‰ Kayama Yลซzล) is a Japanese popular musician and film star, born on 11 April 1937. His father, Ken Uehara, was a film star during the 1930s. Yuzo Kayama became a big star in the 1960s in the Wakadaishล (Young Guy) film series. He showed his ability for drama when Akira Kurosawa cast him for his 1965 film, Red Beard, starring Toshirล Mifune. Kayama reported that he found the two years spent making this film the most difficult, but proudest work of his life. As a guitarist, he took inspiration from the American instrumental group The Ventures, and performed a form of psychedelic surf music in the 1960s with his Mosrite guitar. One of his best-known instrumentals is "Black Sand Beach". "Kimi to Itsumademo" ("Love Forever"), another of his compositions, sold over two million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in 1965. At that point it was the biggest selling disc in the Japanese recording industry's history. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yลซzล Kayama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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    As If In FlightAs If In Flight
    ThunderboltThunderbolt
    SanjuroSanjuro
    Red BeardRed Beard
    YearningYearning

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