Eiji Kusuhara
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Hustle
Mr. Yakubi
2004
Film
Eyes Wide Shut
Japanese Man #2
1999
Series
Screen Two
Oko-Ri
1985
Film
Return of the Jedi
Lieutenant Telsij - Grey Squadron (uncredited)
1983
Series
Are You Being Served?
Mr. Kayoto
1972
Series
Lovejoy
Miki Watanabe
1986
Film
The Elephant Man
Japanese Bleeder
1980
Film
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
U.N. Guard - Japanese
1987
Series
The Paradise Club
Yakuza #1
1989
Series
Terry and June
Japanese Gentleman
1979
Series
Tenko
Lt. Sato
1981
Series
Tenko
Captain Sato
1981
Series
Days That Shook the World
(voice)
2003
Series
dinnerladies
Mr Tashimoto
1998
Series
A Very Peculiar Practice
Japanese Interpreter
1986
Sharing Time
Yukio
1984
Series
Q.E.D.
Count Oyama
1982
Film
North Sea Hijack
Eiji
1980
Film
Topsy-Turvy
Second Kabuki Actor
1999
Film
The Parole Officer
Japanese Businessman
2001
Series
Stanley and the Women
Surangan Attaché
1991
Series
The Ginger Tree
Takashi Maruyama
1989
Film
The Beginner
1985
Series
Third Time Lucky
Mr Ho Moy
1982
Gummed Labels
1992
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Japanese News Reporter
2007
Film
Restless Natives
Presenter
1985
Film
Diamond Skulls
Ewo Nagasaky
1990
Film
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Fortyninesah
1980
The Man Who Shot Christmas
Yuzo
1984
Film
Big Mäc
Professor
1985
Film
Licensed to Love and Kill
Male Madam Wang
1979
Film
Souvenir
Presentador TV
1994
Film
Quartermaine's Terms
Oko-Ri
1987
Somewhere to Run
Tourist
1989
Film
Sticky Wickets
Nashimoto
1990
Tokyo Jim
Mr. Yakamoto
2006
Film
Super Banzai Video Show
2002