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Kōjirō Kusanagi

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Native name
  
草薙幸二郎 Kusanagi Kōjirō

Children
  
Jin Kusanagi

Occupation
  
Actor

Born
  
September 19, 1929 (
1929-09-19
)

Died
  
11 November 2007, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Movies
  
The Resurrection of Golden, Darkness at Noon, W's Tragedy, I Am Waiting, A Colt Is My Passport

Similar
  
Toru Murakawa, Hiroyuki Nasu, Ryōichi Kusanagi, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Tadashi Imai

Kōjirō Kusanagi (草薙幸二郎, Kusanagi Kōjirō, September 19, 1929 – November 11, 2007) was a Japanese actor.

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Biography

Kusanagi made his film debut in 1956 in Darkness at Noon, 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, Bee Bop High School, and The Man Who Stole the Sun.

Kusanagi died of pneumonia on November 11, 2007, aged 78.

Selected filmography

  • Darkness at Noon (Mahiru no ankoku) (1956)
  • Alone on the Pacific aka Alone Across the Pacific (太平洋ひとりぼっち Taiheiyo hitori-botchi) (1963)
  • (太陽を盗んだ男 Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko) also known as The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
  • Onna no Hosomichi: Nureta Kaikyo (1980)

    • References

    Kōjirō Kusanagi Wikipedia
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