Word: yujiro
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Buck teeth, a flat nose, eyes like two razor slits, mousy ears and a fuzzy, black Jerry Lewis haircut. That is Japan's 28-year-old Yujiro Ishihara, the adored symbol of Japanese youth, and easily the most popular movie star in the nation that produces more movies than any other country in the world...
...Yujiro is a Japanese giant-5 ft. 10 in., 152 Ibs.-who has starred in 57 films, and is universally known as Yu-Chan. Yu-Chan is an idol in more than the usual sense. To some degree, he is almost a religious figure. He always plays a contemporary youth, romantically flaming, challenging established authority, and winning the girls against brutal odds. In one picture inspired by John Steinbeck's East of Eden, he had the same kind of rebel role played in the American movie by James Dean...
Cars Galore. Japanese women say that Yujiro appeals to them because of his long legs (32 in.). On the wooden fences around Yujiro's home, girls write...
...into his garden and peep through a window to see him taking his bath. Males bother him too. They say he strides like "a supercharged sports car parading." He once found an eager young fellow lying flat on his back under one of his automobiles, refusing to budge unless Yujiro would hire him as a chauffeur...