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Name
  
Kojiro Kusanagi

Children
  
Jin Kusanagi

Role
  
Actor

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Died
  
November 11, 2007, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Movies
  
Darkness at Noon, W's Tragedy, The Resurrection of Golden, I Am Waiting, An Affair at Akitsu Spa

Similar People
  
Tadashi Imai, Toru Murakawa, Koreyoshi Kurahara, NoB, Kazuhiko Hasegawa

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

He 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.

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

Filmography

(incomplete)

  • 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 Taiyo o Nusunda Otoko) also known as The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
  • Onna no Hosomichi: Nureta Kaikyo (1980)
  • References

    Kojiro Kusanagi Wikipedia