Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

December 28, 1934 · 91 years old

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…

Known For

16 titles
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Crazed Fruit

Crazed Fruit

1956 · 1h 26m · Movie

Spending their summer on an exotic beach, two brothers fall for the same beautiful girl, whose charm and looks may hide more than they they bargained for.

7.2
2
Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate

Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate

1957 · 1h 50m · Movie

In the last days of the Shogunate, a resourceful grifter seeks to outwit competing prostitutes, rebellious samurai and other inhabitants of a brothel in order to survive the hardened times.

7.2
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Hitokiri

Hitokiri

1969 · 2h 20m · Movie

A destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer.

7.4
4
Arcadia of My Youth

Arcadia of My Youth

1982 · 2h 10m · Movie

Space captain Harlock, the latest in a family of proud aerial warriors, begins his journey to free the oppressed Earth from the despotic Illumidas Command.

7.0
5
I Am Waiting

I Am Waiting

1957 · 1h 31m · Movie

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.

7.0
6
Samurai Banners

Samurai Banners

1969 · 2h 45m · Movie

A shrewd 16th Century samurai helps a daimyo expand his realm.

7.1
7
Rusty Knife

Rusty Knife

1958 · 1h 30m · Movie

Two friends who witnessed an organized crime murder are threatened by the local mob into keeping quiet.

6.7
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Alone on the Pacific

Alone on the Pacific

1963 · 1h 44m · Movie

Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination.

7.0
9
Red Pier

Red Pier

1958 · 1h 39m · Movie

50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a ...

6.9
10
Shadow Hunters

Shadow Hunters

1972 · 1h 30m · Movie

In the late Tokugawa period, the Edo government is using Spies from Iga Province to cause the downfall of innocent provincial Daimyo. The Shogun needs to claim the assets of fallen clans in order to boost the failing economies of ...

6.3
11
Akai hankachi

Akai hankachi

1964 · 1h 39m · Movie

A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches ...

6.8
12
Season of the Sun

Season of the Sun

1956 · 1h 29m · Movie

The story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen...

6.5
13
Man Who Causes a Storm

Man Who Causes a Storm

1957 · 1h 41m · Movie

Shoichi is a violent young man just released from jail who aspires to be a drummer. He works his way up by playing gigs in a hip Ginza club, an eventually wins a drumming contest. But what he really desires is the approval of his ...

6.2
14
Kage gari: Hoero taihô

Kage gari: Hoero taihô

1972 · 1h 29m · Movie

The second live-action film about the adventures of three ronin: Jubei, Sunlight, and Moonlight, who dedicate their lives to hunt down "shadows", the ninja spies of the Tokugawa shogunate.

6.5
15
Hi no ataru sakamichi

Hi no ataru sakamichi

1958 · 3h 34m · Movie

A college aged woman arrives in Tokyo to study while finding work at the wealthy Tashiro family home as a tutor of the daughter, while the two brothers vie for her attention.

7.2
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Kinmontô ni kakeru hashi

Kinmontô ni kakeru hashi

1962 · 1h 47m · Movie

He was an on-board doctor. As he was about to reach the Taiwanese piers of Kinmon Island, thoughts of his days in Japan crossed his mind - he reminisced about the Taiwanese girl, Yan.