Yūjirō Ishihara - Actor Profile

Yūjirō Ishihara

50Movies
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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.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
1982 Arcadia of My Youth Phantom F. Harlock I ★ 6.3 FLOP
1976 Frozen River - ★ 3.0 FLOP
1973 Rebellion Reward Tetsuo Okita ★ 0.0 FLOP
1972 Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny Jubei Muroto ★ 7.0 HIT
1972 Shadow Hunters Muroto Jubei ★ 6.5 HIT
1971 Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow Shinozaki Ryoki ★ 5.8 FLOP
1970 Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny Shinozaki Ryoki ★ 6.6 HIT
1970 The Walking Major Kitabayashi Hiroshi ★ 2.0 FLOP
1970 Incident at Blood Pass Yataro ★ 6.9 HIT
1970 The Summit of Mt. Fuji Goro Umehara ★ 0.0 FLOP
1969 The Cleanup Shimaji ★ 0.0 FLOP
1969 Tenchu! Ryoma Sakamoto ★ 6.9 HIT
1969 Safari 5000 - ★ 7.3 HIT
1969 Samurai Banners Kenshin Uesugi ★ 7.4 HIT
1968 I Shall Not Forget - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1968 The Sands of Kurobe Iwaoka ★ 6.5 HIT
1968 Dice and Swords - ★ 7.0 HIT
1967 Hawk of the Harbour - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1966 The Harbor of No Return - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1966 Kill the Night Rose Shinroku Tokugawa ★ 0.0 FLOP
1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes Yamamoto ★ 6.8 HIT
1964 Black Strait Akio Maki ★ 0.0 FLOP
1964 Red Handkerchief - ★ 7.0 HIT
1963 Alone Across the Pacific The Youth ★ 6.9 HIT
1962 零戦黒雲一家 - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1962 I Hate But Love Daisaku Kita ★ 6.9 HIT
1962 Facing to the Clouds - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1962 Seinen no isu - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1962 Love in Ginza - ★ 5.0 FLOP
1962 Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1961 A Bold Life Shuhei Chubu ★ 0.0 FLOP
1961 That Guy and I Saburo Kurokawa ★ 10.0 HIT
1960 The Day of Youth - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1960 The Cards Will Tell - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1959 The Wild Reporter Toshio Ishimatsu ★ 0.0 FLOP
1959 A Man Explodes - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1958 Red Pier Jiro ★ 6.2 FLOP
1958 Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku Kenji Matsuyama ★ 0.0 FLOP
1958 A Slope in the Sun Shinji Tashiro ★ 5.5 FLOP
1958 Rusty Knife Yukihiko Tachibana ★ 5.7 FLOP
1958 Fangs of Night - ★ 5.0 FLOP
1957 Man Who Causes a Storm Shoichi Kokubu ★ 6.7 HIT
1957 I Am Waiting Jôji Shimaki ★ 6.5 HIT
1957 The Eagle and the Hawk Senkichi Nomura ★ 5.7 FLOP
1957 A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era Shinsaku Takasugi ★ 7.0 HIT
1957 This Day's Life - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1957 The Champion Shuntaro Fuma ★ 6.0 FLOP
1957 Birth of a Jazz Maiden Haruo Nanjô ★ 0.0 FLOP
1956 Crazed Fruit Takishima Natsuhisa ★ 7.0 HIT
1956 Season of the Sun - ★ 6.0 FLOP