Kayama Yuzo

    Yūzō Kayama (加山 雄三 Kayama Yūzō)
is a Japanese popular musician and film star,
born on 11 April 1937 (Now 74 years).
    He showed his ability for drama when Akira Kurosawa cast him for his 1965 film, Red Beard (赤ひげ Akahige), 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. One of his best-known instrumentals is "Black Sand Beach". "Kimi to Itsumademo" ("Love Forever"), another of his compositions, sold over two million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in 1965. At that point it was the biggest selling disc in the Japanese recording industry's history.
Filmography
Chushingura (忠臣蔵 花の巻 雪の巻 Hana, Yuki no Maki) (1962)
Sanjuro (椿三十郎 Tubaki Sanjuro) (1962)
Red Beard (赤ひげ Akahige) (1965)