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.
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🎬 Movies
When a Man Risks His Life
actor
1959
The Sky Is Mine
actor
1959
The Stream of Youth
actor
1959
Showdown in the Storm
actor
1958
Red Pier
actor
1958
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
actor
1958
A Slope in the Sun
actor
1958
Rusty Knife
actor
1958
Fangs of Night
actor
1958
Man Who Causes a Storm
actor
1957
I Am Waiting
actor
1957
The Eagle and the Hawk
actor
1957
Harbor Rats
actor
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
actor
1957
The Champion
actor
1957
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
actor
1957
Dancing Sisters
actor
1957
Human Torpedoes Attack
actor
1956
Lunar Eclipse
actor
1956
Song of the Underworld
actor
1956
Crazed Fruit
actor
1956
Season of the Sun
actor
1956