Masao Kusakari
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Masao Kusakari.
Born: September 5, 1952
Place of Birth: Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Yakuza Lawyer Haruhiko Ayanokoji
The fourth head of the Masashimizu group suddenly died. It was good until his adopted son Haruhiko Ayanokoji, a lawyer, succeeded him, but the gang consisted of only three odd people. Depicts the struggle of Haruhiko, who wears two pairs of straw sandals, a boss and a lawyer. A unique court yakuza story starring Masao Kusakari.
Inamura Jane
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy is a 2004 production, and the 19th installment in the Ultra Series that was broadcast in Japan in 2004. It is a sequel to Ultra Q, the first of the Ultra Series. It retains the same swirling effect for the titlecard, but with the words "Dark Fantasy" added underneath, the title also remains black and white.
Jaja uma narashi
Ryuichiro's bride, company president Mayumi Kitahara dies, leaving him to take care of her daughter Natsumi. Natsumi moves into Ryuichiro's flat, but he sets to work to be the father she never had.
Furuhata Ninzaburo
Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.
Atsuhime
The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma.
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Kaze to kumo to Niji to deals with the Heian period in Japan. Based on Chōgorō Kaionji`s novels Taira no Masakado and Umi to Kaze to Niji to. The drama was made by Go Kato`s request. The story chronicles the life of Taira no Masakado . The story begins with Masakado′s childhood. Masakado happens to meet Fujiwara no Hidesato, and he thinks that he want to be great Samurai like Hidesato in the future.
XX: Beautiful Weapon
A blind female assassin lives alone in a remote house; her superiors occasionally send her "clients" / targets that she shoots right after having sex with them in her completely darkened bedroom.
Ojisama to Neko
Kanda Fuyuki is a world-famous pianist who has been keeping his life busy after his wife's death. One day, Fuyuki meets an unsold cat, Fukumaru, at a pet store. Fuyuki is not good with animals but decides to get Fukumaru after being attracted by it. Since then, Fuyuki's life changes as Fukumaru starts living with him.
Clouds Over the Hill
Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first series, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while series two and three, each with 4 episodes, were broadcast in late 2010 and 2011. While most episodes were shot in Japan, one of the episodes in series two was shot in Latvia. The TV series is based on the novel Saka no ue no kumo by Ryōtarō Shiba and adopted by Hisashi Nozawa. The theme song of the drama series is titled "Stand Alone". It was composed by Joe Hisaishi, written by Kundo Koyama and performed by British soprano singer Sarah Brightman.
Filmography
as Nagashima Shinichi
as Shirai Saburo
as Takashi Mikasa
as Toshiro Tosaka
as Fuyuki Kanda
as Tomihiko Saruwatari
as Daigo Tsurumaru
as Shin Kurokawa
as Michitaro Sano
as Kazuo Niimoto
as Yoshitomu Tezuka
as Sanada Masayuki
as Takahashi Yoshio
as 蔵本志郎
as Tetsuro
as Masanao Gohara
as Unosuke Tanita
as Kagenobu Uchikanda（草刈 正雄）
as Hanagata Juzaro
as 加藤友三郎
as Shuji Mitarai
as Abe Masahiro
as Sohei Hirose
as Ippei Takamura
as President Manjime
as Ryusei Yozan
as Kakunoshin Watarai
as Professor Sugawara
as Michael Teraoka
as Kogarashi
as Dr. Kiriko
as Aoshima Masanori
as 岡村繁
as Dolphin Instructor
as Hino Katsumitsu
as Shintaro Horikiri
as Kenji Sakagami
as K. Kubota
as Kazuhiko Sotomura
as Keisuke Todo
as Sanada Yukimura
as Kensuke Sugimoto
as Akio Kitano
as 竜崎駿介
as Itoman
as Doctor Shûzô Yoshizumi
as Masakichi
as Mokutarou Hinatsu
as Aoi Tsukinosuke
as Yumihiko of Matsuro
as Takamura Ippei
as Inokichi
as Genmei
as 梅野正三
as Jiro Miki
as Okita Soji
as Takehiko