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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-01-02 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokio, Japan

Eiji Kusuhara

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.

Known For

Acting

2007

Confessions of a Diary Secretary as Japanese News Reporter

2006

Tokyo Jim as Mr. Yakamoto

2004

Hustle as Mr. Yakubi

2003

2002

2001

The Parole Officer as Japanese Businessman

1999

Topsy-Turvy as Second Kabuki Actor
Eyes Wide Shut as Japanese Man #2

1998

dinnerladies as Mr Tashimoto

1994

Souvenir as Presentador TV

1990

Sticky Wickets as Nashimoto
Dark Obsession as Ewo Nagasaky

1989

Somewhere to Run as Tourist
The Paradise Club as Yakuza #1

1987

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as U.N. Guard - Japanese

1986

Lovejoy as Miki Watanabe

1985

Big Mäc as Professor
Restless Natives as Presenter

1983

Return of the Jedi as Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)

1981

Tenko as Lt. Sato
Tenko as Captain Sato

1980

The Elephant Man as Japanese Bleeder

1979

Terry and June as Japanese Gentleman

1972

Are You Being Served? as Mr. Kayoto