Eiji Kusuhara

Personal Info

Birthday

January 2, 1947

Day of Death

2010-04-23

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokio, Japan

Also Known As

楠原映二

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

Hustle

Days That Shook the World

Return of the Jedi

Eyes Wide Shut

Are You Being Served?

The Elephant Man

Terry and June

Tenko

Filmography

2007
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
as Japanese News Reporter
2006
Tokyo Jim
as Mr. Yakamoto
2001
The Parole Officer
as Japanese Businessman
1999
Topsy-Turvy
as Second Kabuki Actor
Eyes Wide Shut
as Japanese Man #2
1994
Souvenir
as Presentador TV
1990
Sticky Wickets
as Nashimoto
Dark Obsession
as Ewo Nagasaky
1989
Somewhere to Run
as Tourist
1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as U.N. Guard - Japanese
Quartermaine's Terms
as Oko-Ri
1985
Restless Natives
as Presenter
Big Mäc
as Professor
1983
Return of the Jedi
as Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)
1980
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Fortyninesah
The Elephant Man
as Japanese Bleeder
North Sea Hijack
as Eiji