Acting
Isamu Kosugi
Born February 24, 1904 · Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
Died April 8, 1983 · aged 79
Isamu Kosugi (小杉 勇, Kosugi Isamu, 24 February 1904 – 8 April 1983) was a Japanese actor and film director.
Known For
Zesshou · 1958Zesshou
1958
MovieRomance
The story of the tender love between Junki, the son of a wealthy landowner, and Kayuki, the daughter of a forester, who decided to unite their destinies against their parents' wishes. Neither war nor years of separation could kill this love. It was only cut short by Kayuki's tragic death.
The 47 Ronin · 1941The 47 Ronin
★ 6.91941
MovieDramaHistory
In the early 18th-century, Lord Takumi-no-kami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Asano to seppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Kira. Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the Lord's dishonour. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi seeks to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses, and Oishi and 46 rōnin are out for revenge.
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1 · 1955Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
1955
Movie
Ainu chieftain Otena Kamui dies leaving a secret to his son. Years later, the grown son and his child are drawn into the hunt for the “Tower of Otena” treasure while a corrupt magistrate’s family fractures around them.
Jiruba no Tetsu · 1950Jiruba no Tetsu
★ 10.01950
MovieDrama
Five Scouts · 1938Five Scouts
★ 6.01938
MovieWarDrama
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a five-man reconnaissance unit is dispatched to scout enemy positions in a volatile territory. After a sudden and intense firefight, the group is separated, leaving the survivors to wait in agonizing suspense at their outpost.
The Daughter of the Samurai · 1937The Daughter of the Samurai
★ 6.01937
MovieDramaRomance
Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there studying. Now, he is supposed to marry Mitsuko, the daughter of his adoptive father, to whom Teruo has long been promised. But Teruo, who has gotten to know the freedoms of the western world, would rather marry the woman he loves and behaves brusquely to Mitsuko.
Hungry Soul, Part II · 1956Hungry Soul, Part II
★ 6.51956
MovieDramaRomance
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.
Theater · 1945Theater
1945
MovieDramaWar
Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.
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