Eiji Kusuhara
Acting
Born: 1947-01-02 · Tokio, Japan
Died: 2010-04-23
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
🎬 Movies (22)
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007
Japanese News Reporter
Tokyo Jim
2006
Mr. Yakamoto
Super Banzai Video Show
2002
The Parole Officer
2001
Japanese Businessman
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Second Kabuki Actor
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
Japanese Man #2
Souvenir
1994
Presentador TV
Gummed Labels
1992
Sticky Wickets
1990
Nashimoto
Diamond Skulls
1990
Ewo Nagasaky
Somewhere to Run
1989
Tourist
Quartermaine's Terms
1987
Oko-Ri
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
U.N. Guard - Japanese
Big Mäc
1985
Professor
Restless Natives
1985
Presenter
The Beginner
1985
The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984
Yuzo
Return of the Jedi
1983
Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)
The Elephant Man
1980
Japanese Bleeder
North Sea Hijack
1980
Eiji
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
Fortyninesah
Licensed to Love and Kill
1979
Male Madam Wang
📺 TV Shows (13)
Hustle
2004
Mr. Yakubi
Days That Shook the World
2003
(voice)
dinnerladies
1998
Mr Tashimoto
Stanley and the Women
1991
Surangan Attaché
The Paradise Club
1989
Yakuza #1
The Ginger Tree
1989
Takashi Maruyama
Lovejoy
1986
Miki Watanabe
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
Japanese Interpreter
Screen Two
1985
Oko-Ri
Third Time Lucky
1982
Mr Ho Moy
Tenko
1981
Captain Sato
Terry and June
1979
Japanese Gentleman
Are You Being Served?
1972
Mr. Kayoto