Isamu Kosugi
Acting
Biography
Isamu Kosugi (小杉 勇, Kosugi Isamu, 24 February 1904 – 8 April 1983) was a Japanese actor and film director.
Born: February 24, 1904
Place of Birth: Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
Known For
Twilight Saloon
Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single evening navigating their personal frustrations and social anxieties. A disillusioned professor, a struggling artist, and various laborers find their lives intersecting through chance encounters and heated arguments fueled by drink.
Earth
Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.
The 47 Ronin
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.
I Am Waiting
A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.
Police Officer
Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. As they rekindled their friendship, a complex relationship is established between them.
Hungry Soul, Part II
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.
Tokyo March
A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual experience set against the background of the title song, "Tokyo March." (Sadly, less than a half hour of the footage has been recovered and restored.)
Hungry Soul
Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.
Goblin Courier
Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.
Phoenix
A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.
Filmography
as Iwamatsu Koiso
as Oba Kumakura
as Fukazawa, policeman
as Shôzô
as Dr. Shiozawa
as Uchiyama
as Tôhô Tani
as Naokichi Shiba
as Naokichi Shiba
as Moichiro Umeda
as Father Koichi
as Akira Mutō
as Tetsugorô
as Police Shimizu
as Kikuoka
as Hiroya Yasaka
as Okawa
as Naota
as Denpachirô Tamon
as Ryohei Kubo
as Kanji
as Unit Commander Okada
as Teruo Yamato
as Kentaro's father
as Officer Itami
as 佐久間雄吉
as Daisuke Segi
as Motozo