FrameThrower · Actors · Yūzō Kayama
Yūzō Kayama
2 films · 127 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1962–1965
Born 11 April 1937 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Yūzō Kayama (加山 雄三 Kayama Yūzō) 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 Wakadaishō (Young Guy) film series.
He showed his ability for drama when Akira Kurosawa cast him for his 1965 film, Red Beard, starring Toshirō 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 127 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1962–1965
- The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette2014
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year1961
- Golden Arrow Award
How their films are shot
Measured across 127 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Yūzō takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 54% of their frames are day, 43% natural — the look of the work Yūzō takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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