Eiji Kusuhara
Known for ActingBorn 1947-01-02 — died 2010-04-23Tokio, Japan
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
Eyes Wide Shut
1999 · as Japanese Man #2
Return of the Jedi
1983 · as Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · as U.N. Guard - Japanese
The Elephant Man
1980 · as Japanese Bleeder
North Sea Hijack
1980 · as Eiji
The Parole Officer
2001 · as Japanese Businessman
Topsy-Turvy
1999 · as Second Kabuki Actor
The Beginner
1985
Diamond Skulls
1990 · as Ewo Nagasaky
Licensed to Love and Kill
1979 · as Male Madam Wang
The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984 · as Yuzo
Restless Natives
1985 · as Presenter
Gummed Labels
1992
Sticky Wickets
1990 · as Nashimoto
Big Mäc
1985 · as Professor
Somewhere to Run
1989 · as Tourist
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980 · as Fortyninesah
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007 · as Japanese News Reporter