Personal Info
Birth date
1904-02-24 (121 Years)
Day of death
1983-04-08
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
Исаму Косуги
Isamu Kosugi
Biography
Isamu Kosugi (小杉 勇, Kosugi Isamu, 24 February 1904 – 8 April 1983) was a Japanese actor and film director.
Filmography
The 47 Ronin
6.882
Overview:
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
6.5
Overview:
A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.
Zesshou
NYR
Overview:
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.
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
NYR
Overview:
Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.
Exiled to Hell
NYR
Overview:
It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and performer Kataoka Koshin is reaching its climax when the Tawaraya family interferes... This is an entertaining action film bursting with righteousness and humanity, centred on men who try to live righteously against a corrupt boss who preys on the performers.
Saigo no totsugeki
NYR
Overview:
A narrative depicting the appearance of soldiers scattered in Rabaul during the Pacific War. The original work of Yoshinori Matsuura was dramatized by Toyama Tetsu of “Smuggling of the Body”, also directed by Yutaka Abe, and Shigeyoshi Mine of “Densuke's Propaganda” was in charge of the shooting. The main performers are Michitaro Mizushima of “Smuggling of the Body”, Ryoji Hayama of “The Sorrowful Garden”, Shoji Yasui of “The People of Okino”, Shiro Osaka of “Lonely Man”, “Tetsuji Kawakami Story 16” In addition to Hiroshi Nihonyanagi, Shinsuke Maki, Isamu Kosugi of the "Hunger Soul", Ko Mishima, Satoshi Nishimura, Saburo Hiromatsu, Hiroshi Kondo and others.
Tokyo March
6
Overview:
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.)
Island of Horrors
NYR
Overview:
Kindaichi challenges the mystery of an incident in which three sisters were killed one after the other according to an ancient tradition on an isolated island in the Seto Inland Sea. Kosuke Kindaichi received a will from his friend Kito, which said, "Go to Gokumon Island to save my three younger sisters," and Kosuke went to Gokumon Island. Upon arriving at the residence of Quito, there were three beautiful sisters, a crazy father, a cousin of Sanae, and Kosuke plunged into a strange atmosphere. The film adaptation of the masterpiece novel of the same name by Seishi Yokomizo. Kyozo Kataoka plays Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, and Ryutaro Otomo plays Inspector Isokawa, who can be called Kindaichi's best partner.
Turbid Youth
NYR
Overview:
Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman Hayashi and seeked their own careers in the film industry.
Tokyo Olympics
NYR
Overview:
Adapted from the song " Tokyo Olympic Ondo " , which was the theme song for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics held in October 1964 . Song was composed by Masao Koga.
Kōfuku no genkai
NYR
Overview:
The eldest daughter of the Takamatsu family, Atsuko, a widow, returns home due to not getting along with her late husband's family. On the other hand, the youngest daughter, Yukiko, is in love with a teacher older than her, much to her father's chagrin. All of this, together with Yukiko and Atusko not getting along, will shake the foundations of the Takamatsu family.
A Slope in the Sun
5.5
Overview:
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.
Crimson pistol belt
NYR
Overview:
Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in a fight with villains trying to seize the mine.
Mud and Soldiers
NYR
Overview:
A group of Japanese soldiers land in Chinese territory. They advance on a village ; one soldier, Norimoto, is killed in the attack, but the village is captured. Norimoto’s body is recovered and buried. Over the next two days, the soldiers advance inland. Two more soldiers, Naito and Takahashi, are injured. They remain behind to recover, but vow to catch up. Their comrades march on...
Seishun no Sabaki
NYR
Overview:
University karate club member Kikuo is actually the son of a yakuza boss. However, he disliked his father's business and never spoke about his family at school. One day, his father, Tatsuzo, becomes the guardian of the Yamanaka-gumi.
Jigoku no hatoba
NYR
Overview:
A battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere. Manzo, an engineer on the verge of retirement, witnesses two men shooting each other and collapsing on the quay while his assistant Shinsuke is away.
The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay
NYR
Overview:
Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
7
Overview:
While returning by boat to Japan, Yoshie Fujiwara meets a rich woman who suggests him to become a singer thanks to an impresario friend of hers.
Five Scouts
5.9
Overview:
An early example of the Japanese war film, closer to documentary realism than the kind of propaganda produced at the height of the Pacific War. "A company commander calls on five men. They are to reconnoiter, but on their way they are attacked. Only four of them return. While his companions mourn the fifth straggles back. Soon after comes the order to move out for a general attack. The men know that this time there will be no returning." (Donald Richie)Acting
1970Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers as Unknown
1969Exiled to Hell as Iwamatsu Koiso
1966The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay as Oba Kumakura
1959Crazy Jailbreak as Fukazawa, policeman
1959Zattō ni hikarume as Unknown
1958Zesshou as Shôzô
1958A Slope in the Sun as Dr. Shiozawa
1957I Am Waiting as Uchiyama
1957Birth of a Jazz Maiden as Tôhô Tani
1957Saigo no totsugeki as Unknown
1956Hungry Soul, Part II as Naokichi Shiba
1956Hungry Soul as Naokichi Shiba
1956Jigoku no hatoba as Unknown
1955The Roar of The Lion as Unknown
1955Twilight Saloon as Moichiro Umeda
1955Golden Valley as Unknown
1954Turbid Youth as Unknown
1953悲劇の将軍 山下奉文 as Unknown
1953Night in Hawaii as Unknown
1951G-men of Japan 3: Fearless Counterattack as Unknown
1951祇園物語 春怨 as Unknown
1950A Thousand Standards of Stone as Tetsugorô
1950Oogonju as Matayoshi Shishido
1949Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen as Unknown
1949Island of Horrors as Police Shimizu
1949Delinquent Girl as Unknown
1949白頭巾現わる as Unknown
1949Goblin Courier as Unknown
1948Kōfuku no genkai as Unknown
1948The Grand Master as Kikuoka
1947Phoenix as Hiroya Yasaka
1947Kokoro tsuki nogotoku as Unknown
1946Nonkina tosan as Unknown
1946Waiting Woman as Kan'ichi Yamaguchi - captain of Machiho-maru
1945新風 as Unknown
1945Sennichimae fukin as Unknown
1945Theater as Unknown
1945Victory Song as Okawa
1945Umi no tora as Unknown
1943Navy as Unknown
1943Our Planes Fly South as Unknown
1942Mother and Child Grass as Unknown
1941The 47 Ronin as Denpachirô Tamon
1941君と僕 as Ryohei Kubo
1941Family of Love as Unknown
1939Mud and Soldiers as Unknown
1939Earth as Kanji
1939Explosion! as Unknown
1938Jinsei Gekijo: Zankyaku hen as Unknown
1938Five Scouts as Unit Commander Okada
1937Unending Advance as Unknown
1937The Naked Town as Unknown
1937The Daughter of the Samurai as Teruo Yamato
1936Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown as Unknown
1936Theater of Life: Youth Version as Unknown
1934Sun over the River as Kentaro's father
1933Police Officer as Officer Itami
1930Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown as Higuchi
1929Hyakumensô as Unknown
1929Tokyo March as 佐久間雄吉
1929A Living Puppet as Daisuke Segi
1929Ashes as Unknown
1929Metropolitan Symphony as Motozo
1928Kekkon nijuso: zenpen as Unknown
Directing
1965Seishun no Sabaki ... Director
1964Tokyo Olympics ... Director
1964Gun Demon Without Form ... Director
1962Kidō sōsahan-gun ōkami no machi ... Director
1962Kidō sōsahan Tōkyō bōryoku chizu ... Director
1962Kidō sōsahan Minato no ryakudatsu-sha ... Director
1962Kidō sōsahan Tōkyō gozenreiji ... Director
1962Nuki uchi fūraibō ... Director
1962Kidō sōsahan muhō chitai ... Director
1961Crimson pistol belt ... Director
1961Keiji monogatari buchō keiji o oe! ... Director
1961Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē ... Director
1960金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ ... Director
1960Keiji monogatari Tōkyō no meiro ... Director
1959おヤエの女中の大将 ... Director
1959おヤエの女中と幽霊 ... Director
1959Crazy Jailbreak ... Director
1959Zattō ni hikarume ... Director
1958東京午前三時 ... Director
1956Jigoku no hatoba ... Director
1951祇園物語 春怨 ... Director
1950Jiruba no Tetsu ... Director
Writing
1960Keiji monogatari Tōkyō no meiro ... Screenplay