Yūsuke Kawazu (Japanese: 川津 祐介, Hepburn: Yūsuke Kawazu, 12 May 1935 – 26 February 2022) was a Japanese actor.[1][2]
Yūsuke Kawazu | |
|---|---|
 Kawazu's onscreen credit in the trailer for Kinoshita's The Snow Flurry | |
| Born | 12 May 1935 |
| Died | 26 February 2022 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1958–2022 |
Life and career
editKawazu was born in Tokyo on 12 May 1935. While still a student at Keio University,[3] Kawazu signed with Shochiku in 1958 and debuted in Kinoshita's The Eternal Rainbow.[2] He became one of the studio's leading young stars, notably headlining Ōshima's Cruel Story of Youth in 1960. In later years he turned to character roles in film and television, also writing several books and establishing a reputation in calligraphy, painting, ceramics, and cooking.[4] On 26 February 2022, he died of chronic heart failure at age 86.[5][6]
Selected filmography
editFilms
edit- The Human Condition (1959)
- Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
- The River Fuefuki (1960)
- A Soldier's Prayer (1960)
- The Sun's Burial (1960)
- Killers on Parade (1961)
- Ken (1964)
- Manji (1964)
- Kiri no Hata (1965)
- Fighting Elegy (1966)
- Curse of the Blood (1968)
- Black Lizard (1968)
- Genocide (1968)
- Black Rose Mansion (1969) as Tsugawa
- Yakuza Zessyō (1970)
- Battle of Okinawa (1971)
- Young Girls in Love (1986)[7]
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) as Akio Nojiri
- Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (1999) as Akio Nojiri
- Number Ten Blues (2013; filmed in 1975)
Television
edit- Taikōki (1965) as Maeda Toshiie
- Wild 7 (1972–1983) as Masaru Kusanami
- G-Men '75 (1979–1981) as Yoshiaki Nagumo
- Akō Rōshi (1979) as Heihachi Kobayashi
- Kinpachi-sensei (1980–1981) as Teacher Kamibayashi
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) as Shima Sakon
- Hitotsu Yane no Shita (1993) as Takao Sakaki
References
edit- ^ Yomiuri Nenkan 2016 Yomiurishinbun p.539
- ^ a b 川津祐介【役者老人】 (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ 川津祐介 (in Japanese). 時事 jiji. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Yūsuke Kawazu". Airplane Label (in Japanese). Project Lamu, Inc. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "川津祐介さん死去 ８６歳 「ザ・ガードマン」「くいしん坊！万才」出演の元祖マルチタレント". Hochi News. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "俳優 川津祐介さん死去「ザ・ガードマン」などに出演". NHK.
- ^ "恋する女たち（1986）". eiga.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.