Eiji Kusuhara

Eiji Kusuhara

Birth : 1947-01-02, Tokio, Japan

Death : 2010-04-23

History

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.

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Eiji Kusuhara

Movies

Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Japanese News Reporter
Funny film concerning John Prescott's affair with Tracey Temple
Tokyo Jim
Mr. Yakamoto
Jim's an English lawyer in Tokyo finalising an important business deal. Unfortunately, Jim's not feeling that well and Mr Yakamoto hates him. Out of politeness, Jim agrees to go for a quick post-deal drink -- after he does just one thing.
Super Banzai Video Show
Compilation film of the cult betting gameshow featuring a whole host of brilliant, baffling and downright bizarre betting challenges (including shopping trolley jousting) with regular appearances from Introductions Man, Japanese Squirrel Fishing Scientists, Lady One Question and double the delight from Mr Shake Hands Man (One and Two).
The Parole Officer
Japanese Businessman
A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.
Topsy-Turvy
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
Eyes Wide Shut
Japanese Man #2
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Souvenir
Presentador TV
Sticky Wickets
Nashimoto
It's a big night at the New Dragon Inn when a coach of distinguished Germans arrives. But disaster looms - it's the local cricket team's annual fancy dress bash and the theme is the Second World War.
Somewhere to Run
Tourist
Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
U.N. Guard - Japanese
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
Quartermaine's Terms
Oko-Ri
The setting is the staffroom of an English language college for foreign students somewhere in Cambridge. I think that Edward Fox was born to play the role of protagonist St. John Quartermaine. St. John (pronounced 'sinjun') is a kind and lonely language professor who is becoming increasingly absent-minded and forgetful, probably due to some form of creeping dementia. Having loyally served at the college since its founding, his life revolves around work as he appears to have no social life of his own. He is well liked by his colleagues, however they take advantage of his good nature and are always too preoccupied with their own concerns to really notice what we the viewers see- a man gradually and inexorably heading towards crisis, in desperate need of care and support.
The Beginner
Movie fan Mike has invented a machine with which he is able to take part in every movie which is currently running on his video tape recorder. But he and his friend Tommy are watched while trying out this new device and soon two electronic companies are on their trail to discover the secret of this invention.
Big Mäc
Professor
Bernhard „Big Mäc“ Maurer, Ex-Motorradfreak und gelangweilter Klavierlehrer, wird nach seiner Kündigung als Musiklehrer eines Münchner Gymnasiums von der Fachzeitschrift Motorrad zum „perfekten Motorradfahrer“ gewählt. Ihm wird eine Prämie von 50.000 Dollar versprochen, wenn er es schafft, einem japanischen Team in einer Abenteuerrallye von der Zugspitze zum Kilimandscharo zuvor zu kommen. Maurer sagt zu und wählt als zweiten Mann, den Techniker, seinen jungen Nachbarn Max aus. Max, für den es um einen Ausbildungsplatz geht, verletzt sich kurz vor Beginn der Rallye und muss aussetzen. Ohne Maurers Wissen übernimmt Max’ fast identisch aussehende Schwester Maxi die Rolle des Jungen.
Restless Natives
Presenter
Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.
Return of the Jedi
Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Fortyninesah
Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert, who was accidentally killed in a drunken duck-shooting incident.
The Elephant Man
Japanese Bleeder
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
North Sea Hijack
Eiji
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.