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.
Filmography
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Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007
as Japanese News Reporter
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Tokyo Jim
2006
as Mr. Yakamoto
Super Banzai Video Show
2002
The Parole Officer
2001
as Japanese Businessman
Topsy-Turvy
1999
as Second Kabuki Actor
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
as Japanese Man #2
Souvenir
1994
as Presentador TV
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Gummed Labels
1992
Sticky Wickets
1990
as Nashimoto
Diamond Skulls
1990
as Ewo Nagasaky
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Somewhere to Run
1989
as Tourist
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as U.N. Guard - Japanese
Quartermaine's Terms
1987
as Oko-Ri
The Beginner
1985
Restless Natives
1985
as Presenter
Big Mäc
1985
as Professor
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The Man Who Shot Christmas
1984
as Yuzo
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
as Fortyninesah
The Elephant Man
1980
as Japanese Bleeder
North Sea Hijack
1980
as Eiji
Licensed to Love and Kill
1979
as Male Madam Wang