Kōjirō Kusanagi

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Kōjirō Kusanagi (草薙幸二郎, Kusanagi Kōjirō, September 19, 1929 – November 11, 2007) was a Japanese actor.

He made his film debut in 1956 in Darkness at Noon, which was based on the true story of an innocent man arrested, tried and executed for a crime he didn't commit. Kusanagi appeared in over 40 films, mostly in supporting roles, in films such as Alone on the Pacific, The Sun, Bee Bop High School, and The Man Who Stole the Sun.

Kōjirō Kusanagi died of pneumonia on November 11, 2007, aged 78.

Filmography

(incomplete)

Darkness at Noon (Mahiru no ankoku) (1956)
Alone on the Pacific aka Alone Across the Pacific (太平洋ひとりぼっち Taiheiyo hitori-botchi) (1963)
(太陽を盗んだ男 Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko) also known as The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)

External links

Kōjirō Kusanagi at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Kusanagi, Kojiro
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese actor
Date of birth	1929
Place of birth
Date of death	2007
Place of death

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