Eiji Kusuhara
Also Known As: 楠原映二
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokio, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: January 02, 1947
Age: 78 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 23, 2010
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Somewhere to Run
Overview: Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-11
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Sticky Wickets
Overview: It's a big night at the New Dragon Inn when a coach of distinguished Germans arrives. But disaster looms - it's the local cricket team's annual fancy dress bash and the theme is the Second World War.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-14
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Topsy-Turvy
Overview: After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-15
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Dark Obsession
Overview: Hugo Buckton seems to have it all: He is apparently rich and has a beautiful wife and a doting son. In actuality, though, Hugo is having money problems and is paranoid that his wife is cheating on him. After a boozy night at a party, Hugo hits and kills a woman with his car -- and at his friends' urging, keeps driving. When Hugo starts receiving letters from someone who knows about the accident, he begins to suspect that he has been set up.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-01
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Big Mäc
Overview: Bernhard "Big Mäc" Maurer, an ex-motorcycle freak and bored piano teacher, is voted the "perfect motorcyclist" by the trade magazine Motorrad after quitting his job as a music teacher at a Munich high school. He is promised a bonus of $50,000 if he manages to beat a Japanese team in an adventure rally from the Zugspitze to Kilimanjaro. Maurer agrees and chooses as his second man, the technician, his young neighbor Max. Max, for whom an apprenticeship is at stake, injures himself shortly before the start of the rally and has to sit out. Without Maurer's knowledge, Max's almost identical-looking sister Maxi takes over the role of the boy.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1985-04-26
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Quartermaine's Terms
Overview: TV adaptation of the play set in a Cambridge School of English for Foreigners in 1962. St John Quartermaine is a rather ineffective but kindly teacher at the school who, becuase of his gentle character, has hardly any enemies - in fact, the rest of the staff confide in him or generally pplay on his good nature. Then Derek Meadle arrives on the scene. He is a new part-time teacher who really wants to be full-time, but people like Quartermaine are in the way.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-29
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Eyes Wide Shut
Overview: After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-16
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The Elephant Man
Overview: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-09
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Restless Natives
Overview: Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-01
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The Parole Officer
Overview: A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-10
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North Sea Hijack
Overview: When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-18
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Overview: Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert, who was accidentally killed in a drunken duck-shooting incident.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-07
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Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Overview: Funny film concerning John Prescott's affair with Tracey Temple
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-28
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The Beginner
Overview: Movie fan Mike has invented a machine with which he is able to take part in every movie which is currently running on his video tape recorder. But he and his friend Tommy are watched while trying out this new device and soon two electronic companies are on their trail to discover the secret of this invention.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1985-10-03
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Souvenir
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1994-12-09
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Return of the Jedi
Overview: Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-25
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Super Banzai Video Show
Overview: Compilation film of the cult betting gameshow featuring a whole host of brilliant, baffling and downright bizarre betting challenges (including shopping trolley jousting) with regular appearances from Introductions Man, Japanese Squirrel Fishing Scientists, Lady One Question and double the delight from Mr Shake Hands Man (One and Two).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Tokyo Jim
Overview: Jim's an English lawyer in Tokyo finalising an important business deal. Unfortunately, Jim's not feeling that well and Mr Yakamoto hates him. Out of politeness, Jim agrees to go for a quick post-deal drink -- after he does just one thing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-16
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Overview: With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-24
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