[1] He was beloved by many fans as a representative youth star in the films of postwar Japan and subsequently as a macho movie hero.

Afterwards he withdrew from Keio University to work for Nikkatsu, playing the lead in the film adaptation of Shintaro's novel Crazed Fruit.

[2] At the 1958 Blue Ribbon Awards Ishihara won the prize for best new actor for the 1957 films Washi to taka and Man Who Causes a Storm.

[2] He would go on to become one of the representative stars of the Showa Era with his twin acting and singing career, but his life was one made harder by illness and injury.

[2] Ishihara survived an oral cancer of the tongue in 1978, and an aortic aneurysm in 1981, supported by friends, family, and his legion of fans.

[5] Throughout his life Ishihara abused alcohol and tobacco, and ate meals that were lacking in vegetables; this unhealthy lifestyle is generally acknowledged as contributing to his early death.

[4] Yujiro Ishihara was called a Japanese Elvis Presley and his films and music are still followed by lovers of the Shōwa period.