was a Japanese actor.
Biography
He began acting at the
Yoshi Hijikatas theatre Company after dropping out of Nihon University.
[ Kusanagi made his film debut in 1953 in ''Yoake Mae'' directed by ]Kōzaburō Yoshimura
was a Japanese film director.
Biography
Born in Shiga Prefecture, he joined the Shōchiku studio in 1929. He debuted as director with a short film in 1934, but, after being denied a promotion by head of the studio Shirō Kido, continued working ...
.[ which was based on the true story of an innocent man arrested, tried and executed for a crime he didn't commit. Kusanagi appeared in over 40 films, mostly in supporting roles, in films such as '' Alone on the Pacific'', '']The Sun
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'', '' Bee Bop High School'', and '' The Man Who Stole the Sun''.
Kusanagi died of pneumonia on November 11, 2007, aged 78.
Selected filmography
Film
* ''Darkness at Noon
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'' ( Mahiru no ankoku) (1956)
* '' Kurenai no Kenju'' (1961) - Chen
* '' Alone on the Pacific'', also known as ''Alone Across the Pacific'' (1963)
* '' Kaerazaru hibi'' (1978)
* ''Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko
Taiyō is the romanization for some Japanese language, Japanese words, such as ''太陽'' for sun and ''大洋'' for ocean. It can also refer to:
Persons
A male Japanese given name
*, Japanese footballer
* Taiyō Kea (born 1975), American profess ...
'', also known as ''The Man Who Stole the Sun'' (1979)
* '' Onna no Hosomichi: Nureta Kaikyo'' (1980)
Television
*Taiga drama
is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white ''Hana no Shōgai'', starring kabuki actor Onoe Shoroku II and Awashima Chikage, the network regul ...
s
** ''Ryōma ga Yuku'' (1968), Kiyokawa Hachirō
** ''Momi no Ki wa Nokotta'' (1970), Shirōemon
** '' Haru no Sakamichi'' (1971), Konishi Yukinaga
Konishi Yukinaga (小西 行長, baptized under the Portuguese personal name Agostinho; 1558 – November 6, 1600) was a Japanese daimyō who served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Known as a Kirishitan daimyo, he is notable for his role as the ...
** '' Shin Heike Monogatari'' (1972)
** ''Katsu Kaishū
Count , born , best known by his nickname , was a Japanese statesman, naval engineer and military commander during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period.
Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy (Kaishū S ...
'' (1974)
** ''Genroku Taiheiki'' (1975)
** ''Kashin'' (1977)
** ''Kusa Moeru
is a 1979 Japanese television series. It is the 17th NHK taiga drama.
It is also the first Taiga drama to standardize the use of modern language in dialogue starting with this one onward. On the other hand, characters did not use first names to ...
'' (1979)
** '' Oretachi wa Tenshi da!'' (1979),Jiro Murata Episode7
** ''Tōge no Gunzō'' (1982)
** ''Taiheiki'' (1991)
** ''Homura Tatsu'' (1993)
** ''Hana no Ran
was the 33rd Taiga drama to be broadcast on the NHK network in Japan. It premiered on 3 April 1994 and its finale aired on 25 December of the same year.
Plot
The story takes place during the Muromachi period of Japan, in the midst of the Ōnin ...
'' (1994)
** ''Mōri Motonari'' (1997), Kikkawa Kunitsune
* ''Ultraman Taro
is the fifth entry (sixth overall) in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, the series aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System from April 6, 1973, to April 5, 1974, with a total of 53 episodes.
Plot
Kotaro Higashi is a wanderer who jo ...
'' (1973)
* '' Naruto Hichō'' (1977–78)
* '' Tokyo Megure Keishi'' (1978)
* '' Sanada Taiheiki'' (1985–86), Oda Nobukatsu
* '' Kumokiri Nizaemon'' (1995)
* '' Gokenin Zankurō'' (1997)
Awards
References
External links
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1929 births
2007 deaths
Japanese male film actors
Male actors from Tokyo
People from Kita
Deaths from pneumonia in Japan
Place of birth missing