Yoshio Kosugi
Acting
Biography
Yoshio Kosugi (小杉 義男 Kosugi Yoshio, 15 September 1903 - 12 March 1968) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 120 films from 1924 to 1967.
Born: September 15, 1903
Place of Birth: Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Known For
Seven Samurai
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
The Hidden Fortress
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
The Eagle of the Pacific
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
Tokyo Sweetheart
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.
The Rickshaw Man
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
Japan's Longest Day
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
Chûshingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
Mothra
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
Filmography
as Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
as Gonji
as JSDF Executive
as Chief of Infant Island
as Infant Island Chief
as Captain of Thai ship
as Faro Island Chief (uncredited)
as Tamie’s Father
as Destroyer Captain
as Farou Island Chief
as Onishika
as Ship Captain
as Gidayu Fujimoto
as Mean Detective
as Tokisaburo
as Shōgo Mitai (Politician)
as Chief Officer Okubo
as King of Devils
as (uncredited)
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Hisako's Father
as Cmdr. Sugimoto
as Circus Owner
as Sugiura (Gatekeeper)
as Daizô Okano
as Seiji (Eriko's father)
as Official A
as Iwataro
as Oba
as Hoshino
as Bonze
as Jukichi
as (uncredited)
as Mosuke
as (uncredited)
as Tatsuma Hayase
as Sarumaru
as Horibe Yasubee
as Nonaka
as Eijirô Kasai
as Managing Director of Kamizumi
as Lord of the cabaret
as Takasugi
as Master Saburo Kodama
as Maple Leaf Man
as Kansuke Yamamoto
as Zenzo Sakuma
as Gonnosuke Ooshi
as Ichiro Takashima, Hideko's father
as Tatsuzo
as Toun
as Aikawa (a poet)
as スリの親分金平