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	(1935-05-12)12 May 1935 Tokyo, Japan
Died	26 February 2022(2022-02-26) (aged 86)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–2022

Life and career

Kawazu 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] He died on 26 February 2022, at the age of 86.[5]

Selected filmography

Films

Television

• 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

External links

• Yūsuke Kawazu at IMDb