Eiji Kusuhara
Birthday
1947/01/02
Day of death
2010/04/23 (63 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tokio, Japan
Also know as
楠原映二
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.
Acting
(1989) Somewhere to Run
as Tourist
(1990) Sticky Wickets
as Nashimoto
(1999) Topsy-Turvy
as Second Kabuki Actor
(1990) Dark Obsession
as Ewo Nagasaky
(1985) Big Mäc
as Professor
(1987) Quartermaine's Terms
as Oko-Ri
(1999) Eyes Wide Shut
as Japanese Man #2
(1980) The Elephant Man
as Japanese Bleeder
(1985) Restless Natives
as Presenter
(2001) The Parole Officer
as Japanese Businessman
(1980) North Sea Hijack
as Eiji
(1980) Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Fortyninesah
(2007) Confessions of a Diary Secretary
as Japanese News Reporter
(1985) The Beginner
as ---
(1994) Souvenir
as Presentador TV
(1983) Return of the Jedi
as Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)
(2002) Super Banzai Video Show
as ---
(2006) Tokyo Jim
as Mr. Yakamoto
(1987) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as U.N. Guard - Japanese
(1998) dinnerladies
as Mr Tashimoto
(1986) Lovejoy
as Miki Watanabe
(1981) Tenko
as Lt. Sato
(1981) Tenko
as Captain Sato
(2004) Hustle
as Mr. Yakubi
(1989) The Paradise Club
as Yakuza #1
(1979) Terry and June
as Japanese Gentleman
(2003) Days That Shook the World
as (voice)
(1972) Are You Being Served?
as Mr. Kayoto