Masao Kusakari — Actor (45)
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Kandagawa (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
神田川
director: Masanobu Deme actor: Keiko Takahashi / Masao Kusakari …
other title: 神田川
Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at a printing factory, and they come to learn the bitterness and sadness of love. The two live humbly by the River Kanda, but are viewed coldly by people around them.
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The Man With No Name (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
名のない男 破壊！
director: Haruo Ichikura actor: Masao Kusakari / Kazuhiko Kanayama …
other title: 名のない男 破壊！
A complete film adaptation of Haruhiko Oyabu's early masterpiece. The comical yet hard-hitting action, perfectly synchronized between undercover detective Masao Kusakari and gangster Kazuhiko Kanayama, is a must-see.
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The Last Hero (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
汚れた英雄
director: Haruki Kadokawa actor: Masao Kusakari / Rebecca Holden …
other title: 汚れた英雄
The 8th All-Japan Road Race Championship. The internationally ranked A-level SUGO circuit is on the edge of its seat as the 500 cc final draws near. Akio Kitano and Keishi Ooki face off: private team versus factory team. In the final lap, Akio is overtaken by Ooki and loses by a hair. The reason for his defeat? The difference between their two machines. With their scores tied, the two wait for the next match to settle the score for good.
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Eijanaika (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ええじゃないか
director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Shigeru Izumiya / Kaori Momoi …
other title: Pourquoi pas ? / Eijanaika (Qué más da) …
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a revelrous march on the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuses not on the leaders of the country, but on characters in the lower classes and on the fringes of society.
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ESPY (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
エスパイ
director: Jun Fukuda actor: Hiroshi Fujioka / Kaoru Yumi …
other title: Espy minaccia extrasensoriale / Esupai …
The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime.
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The Phoenix (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
火の鳥
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Jun Fubuki / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: Hi no Tori / 火の鳥 …
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.
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Virus (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
復活の日
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Glenn Ford / Robert Vaughn …
other title: Ultimo rifugio: Antartide / Overkill - Durch die Hölle zur Ewigkeit …
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
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G.I. Samurai (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
戦国自衛隊
director: Kōsei Saitō actor: Sonny Chiba / Isao Natsuyagi …
other title: Time Slip - Der Tag der Apokalypse / Les Guerriers de l'Apocalypse …
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
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The House of Hanging (1979) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
病院坂の首縊りの家
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Koji Ishizaka / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: 病院坂の首縊りの家 / La Maison du pendu
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
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Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero (1990) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
妖怪天国・ゴーストヒーロー
director: Makoto Tezuka actor: Masao Kusakari / Kaori Mizushima …
other title: 妖怪天国・ゴーストヒーロー
A major electronics company on the verge of developing technology to create a 3D image that can be physically handled is thrown into turmoil when a murderous demon is unleashed in the headquarters office. Can the slow witted son of the company founder and a punk rock band of monsters (don’t ask) stop the evil forces before the employees are butchered?
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3号桌的客人 (1996) [TV] NeoDB Douban
3番テーブルの客
director: 河野圭太 / 小田切成明 … actor: 生濑胜久 / 鸟越玛丽 …
『3番テーブルの客』（さんばんテーブルのきゃく）は、フジテレビ・共同テレビ製作の1996年に放送された深夜ドラマ。
「古畑任三郎」や「王様のレストラン」で知られる脚本家の三谷幸喜による書き下ろしの脚本を、毎回違ったスタッフキャストで制作するという番組。
冒頭の「台本が同じなら同じ作品が出来上がると思うならあなたはドラマを知らない」のナレーション通り、演出によって作品の雰囲気が変わるということがよく解る作品となっており、演出家を目指す者には打って付けのドラマである。実際、話の筋は全て同じなので退屈な物に思えそうだが、キャスティング、小道具など、どの回も様々な演出家の個性が溢れており、飽きさせない作りになっている。
第1回は三谷作品をもっとも多く演出している河野圭太が担当、以後「世にも奇妙な物語」や「笑の大学」で知られる星護や「マルサの女」の伊丹十三、とんねるずの木梨憲武などが参加した。
また、放送前に2回にわたり「監督とは?」概論編、実践編が放送され1997年1月4日には「3番テーブルのもう1人の客」というスペシャル番組も放送された。
現在、横浜市にある放送ライブラリーで視聴できる。
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小时候有神明 (2025) [TV] Douban NeoDB
小さい頃は、神様がいて
director: 酒井麻衣 actor: 北村有起哉 / 仲间由纪惠 …
小仓夫妇19年前约定等孩子满20岁就离婚。完全忘记约定的丈夫小仓涉依旧我行我素地生活，而将此视为郑重承诺并以此为精神支柱的妻子小仓杏，则在日常生活中逐渐动摇。某个暴雨夜，因附近河流即将泛滥，夫妇与其他住户共度一夜，自此他们的日常生活开始悄然改变。
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Hana no Ran (1994) [TV] IMDb TMDB
花の乱
actor: Yoshiko Mita / Ichikawa Danjūrō XII …
other title: 花の乱
The story takes place during the Muromachi period of Ancient Japan, in the midst of the Ōnin War. The main character in the series is Tomiko Hino, a historical figure with a bad reputation because of her actions to rebuild Kyoto after the Ōnin War.
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Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy (2004) [TV] IMDb TMDB
ウルトラQ dark fantasy
director: Akira Tsuburaya actor: Yoshihiko Hakamada / Kumiko Endo …
other title: ウルトラ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.