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Yūjirō Ishihara

Dec 28, 1934 - Jul 17, 1987 (52 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth
Phantom F. Harlock I
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Shadow Hunters
Muroto Jubei
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Yamamoto
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Crazed Fruit
Takishima Natsuhisa
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Bark at the Sun
Toudou Shunsuke (Boss)
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Samurai Banners
Kenshin Uesugi
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Incident at Blood Pass
Yataro
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Shinsaku Takasugi
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Rusty Knife
Yukihiko Tachibana
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Man Who Causes a Storm
Shoichi Kokubu

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