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

Hustle 2004 ★ 7.7
Days That Shook the World 2003 ★ 7.0
The Parole Officer 2001 ★ 5.8
Eyes Wide Shut 1999 ★ 7.5
Topsy-Turvy 1999 ★ 6.6
dinnerladies 1998 ★ 7.5
Stanley and the Women 1991 ★ 6.5
Diamond Skulls 1990 ★ 3.4
The Paradise Club 1989 ★ 6.2
The Ginger Tree 1989 ★ 5.7
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987 ★ 4.6
Lovejoy 1986 ★ 7.4
A Very Peculiar Practice 1986 ★ 8.2
Screen Two 1985 ★ 7.1
The Beginner 1985 ★ 5.6
Return of the Jedi 1983 ★ 7.9
Q.E.D. 1982 ★ 7.1
Third Time Lucky 1982 ★ 6.0
Tenko 1981 ★ 8.3
The Elephant Man 1980 ★ 8.0
North Sea Hijack 1980 ★ 6.3
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End 1980 ★ 7.0
Terry and June 1979 ★ 6.5
Are You Being Served? 1972 ★ 7.3