Eiji Kusuhara
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
The Japanese actor Eiji Kusuhara played the sadistic Lieutenant Sato in the television series Tenko (1981-85), was one of the narrators on the cult show Banzai (2001) and appeared on stages across the UK and Europe in a variety of beguiling roles. He was one of the first professional Japanese actors active in London in the 1970s and enjoyed something of a monopoly on roles until he starred alongside a fellow countryman, Togo Igawa, in The Man Who Shot Christmas (1984). Eiji spent most of his adu...
Known For
Filmography
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007
as Japanese News Reporter
Tokyo Jim
2006
as Mr. Yakamoto
Hotel Babylon
2006
as Mr. Matsui
Hustle
2004
as Mr. Yakubi
Days That Shook the World
2003
as (voice)
Super Banzai Video Show
2002
The Parole Officer
2001
as Japanese Businessman
Topsy-Turvy
1999
as Second Kabuki Actor
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
as Japanese Man #2
dinnerladies
1998
as Mr Tashimoto
Souvenir
1994
as Presentador TV
Gummed Labels
1992
Stanley and the Women
1991
as Surangan Attaché
Sticky Wickets
1990
as Nashimoto
Diamond Skulls
1990
as Ewo Nagasaky
Somewhere to Run
1989
as Tourist
The Paradise Club
1989
as Yakuza #1
The Ginger Tree
1989
as Takashi Maruyama
Quartermaine's Terms
1987
as Oko-Ri
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as U.N. Guard - Japanese
Lovejoy
1986
as Miki Watanabe
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Japanese Interpreter
Big Mäc
1985
as Professor
Restless Natives
1985
as Presenter
The Beginner
1985
Screen Two
1985
as Oko-Ri
The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984
as Yuzo
Sharing Time
1984
as Yukio
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)
Third Time Lucky
1982
as Mr Ho Moy
Q.E.D.
1982
as Count Oyama
Tenko
1981
as Lt. Sato
Tenko
1981
as Captain Sato
The Elephant Man
1980
as Japanese Bleeder
North Sea Hijack
1980
as Eiji
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
as Fortyninesah
Licensed to Love and Kill
1979
as Male Madam Wang
Terry and June
1979
as Japanese Gentleman
Are You Being Served?
1972
as Mr. Kayoto