Eiji Kusuhara
Born: 1947-01-02 in Tokio, Japan
Died: 2010-04-23
Known For: Acting
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 adult life in Britain.
Filmography
2007
- Confessions of a Diary Secretary as Japanese News Reporter
2006
- Tokyo Jim as Mr. Yakamoto
2004
- Hustle as Mr. Yakubi
2003
- Days That Shook the World as (voice)
2001
- The Parole Officer as Japanese Businessman
1999
- Eyes Wide Shut as Japanese Man #2
- Topsy-Turvy as Second Kabuki Actor
1998
- dinnerladies as Mr Tashimoto
1994
- Souvenir as Presentador TV
1992
1990
- Diamond Skulls as Ewo Nagasaky
- Sticky Wickets as Nashimoto
1989
- The Paradise Club as Yakuza #1
- Somewhere to Run as Tourist
1987
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as U.N. Guard - Japanese
- Quartermaine's Terms as Oko-Ri
1986
- Lovejoy as Miki Watanabe
- A Very Peculiar Practice as Japanese Interpreter
1985
- Big Mäc as Professor
- The Beginner
- Restless Natives as Presenter
1983
- Return of the Jedi as Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)
1982
- Third Time Lucky as Mr Ho Moy
1981
- Tenko as Lt. Sato
1980
- The Elephant Man as Japanese Bleeder
- North Sea Hijack as Eiji
- Sir Henry at Rawlinson End as Fortyninesah
1979
- Terry and June as Japanese Gentleman
1972
- Are You Being Served? as Mr. Kayoto