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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Somewhere to Run
as Tourist
1989
Sticky Wickets
as Nashimoto
1990
Topsy-Turvy
as Second Kabuki Actor
1999
Diamond Skulls
as Ewo Nagasaky
1990
Big Mäc
as Professor
1985
Quartermaine's Terms
as Oko-Ri
1987
Eyes Wide Shut
as Japanese Man #2
1999
The Elephant Man
as Japanese Bleeder
1980
Restless Natives
as Presenter
1985
The Parole Officer
as Japanese Businessman
2001
North Sea Hijack
as Eiji
1980
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Fortyninesah
1980
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
as Japanese News Reporter
2007
The Beginner
1985
Souvenir
as Presentador TV
1994
Return of the Jedi
as Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)
1983
Super Banzai Video Show
2002
Tokyo Jim
as Mr. Yakamoto
2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as U.N. Guard - Japanese
1987
Gummed Labels
1992
TV Appearances
dinnerladies
as Mr Tashimoto
1998
Lovejoy
as Miki Watanabe
1986
Tenko
as Lt. Sato
1981
Tenko
as Captain Sato
1981
Hustle
as Mr. Yakubi
2004
The Paradise Club
as Yakuza #1
1989
Terry and June
as Japanese Gentleman
1979
Days That Shook the World
as (voice)
2003
Are You Being Served?
as Mr. Kayoto
1972
Third Time Lucky
as Mr Ho Moy
1982
A Very Peculiar Practice
as Japanese Interpreter
1986
Stanley and the Women
as Surangan Attaché
1991