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