Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/2/1947
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
Eyes Wide Shut
as Japanese Man #2
Return of the Jedi
as Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)
Big Mäc
as Professor
Topsy-Turvy
as Second Kabuki Actor
Diamond Skulls
as Ewo Nagasaky
The Beginner
Unknown Role
Restless Natives
as Presenter
The Elephant Man
as Japanese Bleeder
Sticky Wickets
as Nashimoto
The Parole Officer
as Japanese Businessman
Souvenir
as Presentador TV
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as U.N. Guard - Japanese
North Sea Hijack
as Eiji
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Fortyninesah
Super Banzai Video Show
Unknown Role
Quartermaine's Terms
as Oko-Ri