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Actor

1935-05-22 · Tokyo, Japan · Male

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Yūsuke Kawazu (Japanese: 川津 祐介, Hepburn: Kawazu Yūsuke; 12 May 1935 – 26 February 2022) was a Japanese actor.

Life and career

Kawazu was born in Tokyo on 12 May 1935. While still a student at Keio University, Kawazu signed with Shochiku in 1958 and debuted in Kinoshita's The Eternal Rainbow. 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. On 26 February 2022, he died of chronic heart failure at age 86.

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

Under the Same Roof (1993) as Takao Sakaki