Kusuo Abe

Biography

Career Overview

Kusuo Abe has 197 screen credits in a career dating back to 1932. Their work spans 17 cinematic universes — most prominently Tōyama no Kin-san Collection with 6 titles. Signature works include Merciless Blade Part 3, Merciless Blade, Official with a Tattoo. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

197

Birth Date

1910-07-24 00:00:00

Birth Place

Kotobuki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Known For

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  Merciless Blade Part 3
• 

  Merciless Blade
• 

  Official with a Tattoo
• 

  Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
• 

  Case of a Young Lord 4: Bridal Robe in Blood
• Zakuro Ikkaku

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 17 universes

• Tōyama no Kin-san Collection (6 titles)
• Miyamoto Musashi Collection par Tomu Uchida (5 titles)
• Tales of Japanese Chivalry Collection (3 titles)
• Jirocho Quadrilogy Collection (3 titles)
• Hell Series (Chiezo Kataoka) (2 titles)
• Detective Hibari Collection (2 titles)
• Gambler Collection (1 titles)
• Kudo's Samurai Revolution Trilogy (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Eijirō Kataoka (4 collaborations)
• Chiezo Kataoka (3 collaborations)
• Eitarō Shindō (3 collaborations)
• Shinobu Chihara (2 collaborations)
• Kodayu Ichikawa (2 collaborations)
• Akira Kishii (2 collaborations)
• Mitsuko Miura (2 collaborations)
• Kyoji Sugi (2 collaborations)
• Jun Tazaki (2 collaborations)
• Kunio Kaga (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (197 credits)

  • The Domain: White Blade

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Tenamonya Tôkaidô

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • True Osaka Grit

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

    Fuchikawa Goroku

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Tattooed Lord

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Domain: The Naniwa Story

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Gamblers and Racketeers

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Blind Monk Swordsman

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • A Laughable Journey

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Vanquished Foes

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

    Fuchikawa Goroku

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Sasuke and His Comedians

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • 13 Assassins

    Gunjiro Mitsuhashi

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style

    Uncle

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Tenamonya Sandogasa

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Road In the Mist

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Street of Wandering Men

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Tattoo of Love

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • 関東遊侠伝　利根の朝焼け

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Mysterious Purple Hood

    Shozaburo Goto

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Mysterious Cape

    Ito Gunbei

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Revenge for His Lover

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • A Revengeful Raid

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Drunken Sword

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Warrior from Kishu

    Tsutsui Heizaemon

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Keepers of Order

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Phantom Goblin

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Yakuza Official

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Bandits

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Denshichi Torimonocho: Man without Shadow

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Princess and the Bearded Lord

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • In Search of Mother

    Shichigoro

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Good Rascals

    Abe Isemori

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Travels of Gonkuro

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Yakuza Princess of Edo

    Yami no Dogoro

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Law in Ghost Island

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Himalayan Wanderer

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Travel with Ghost

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Miyamoto Musashi

    Fuchikawa Goroku

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Bride of White Castle

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Samurai Knights

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Mask of the Moon

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Magistrate of Dice

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • An Edo Magistrate

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Samurai Hawk

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • 八州血煙り笠

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Edo Purebreed

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Unruly Lion

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Obugyō-sama to musume-tachi

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Flowers on the Road

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Wakatono senryō hada

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Morning Breeze in Edo

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Pirates

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Holy Mountain

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Hero of the Red Light District

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Unwieldy Brothers

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Sunny and Cloudy Days

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • 照る日くもる日 后篇

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Man of Seven Faces

    Yozo Yamaoka

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Ishimatsu: the One-Eyed Avenger

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Samurai Markets

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Official with a Tattoo

    Tokaiya Nizaemon

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Lord of Red Banner

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Second Bullet is Marked

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Samurai Vagabonds

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Road of Chivalry

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Benten Kozo

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • An Actor's Revenge

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Evil Man of Edo

    Chobei

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Detective Hibari: Case of the Hidden Coin

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Medicine Case

    Tosuke

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • A Young Rabble 2

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Eight Brave Brothers 3

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Eight Brave Brothers 2

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Eight Brave Brothers

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • A Spectacular Showdown

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Edo Official and Apprentice

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Happily Tied to the Road

    Heijuro

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Bride of Peacock Castle

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Whirlwind Magistrate

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Forbidden Castle

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Unleashed Lord

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Bastards of Lawless Town

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Fighting Disposition

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Girl with the Fire Banner

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Purple Hood

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Epic Crash

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Envoy

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Kunisada Chuji

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Three for The Road

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Eight Views of Samurai

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Fireball Magistrate

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Seven from Edo

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Souls in the Moonlight II

    Kanbei Utabe

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Detective Hibari: Case of the Golden Hairpins

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

    Prime Minister Ito

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Scroll’s Secret

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • A Chivalrous Spirit

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Glorious Standard Bearer

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Hibari's Triple Role: The Transformation of Yukinojo — Part II

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Hibari's Triple Role: The Dazzling Transformation of Yukinojo

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Shadow Over Fuji

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Goblin's Highway

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • 修羅八荒　猛襲伏魔殿

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Red peonies on the skin

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Fighting on The Trial

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Kurama Tengu: The Tale of a Government Thief

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Rebellion

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

    Hirobumi Itō

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Case of Young Lord 5: Death of a Beauty at Midnight

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Case of a Young Lord 4: Bridal Robe in Blood

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Pirates Magistrate

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Flowers on the Trail

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed

    Umaka Hiroki

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Shimizu Port of Chivalry

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • 神変美女桜

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

    Mitsumasa Yonai

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Appeal on the Cross

    Hotta Genba

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Happy Wanderer

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Travels of Lord Mito Pt.7

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • 鍔鳴浪人

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Morishige is a Fake Gentleman

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Nonki saiban

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Chutaro of Banba

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Bridal Candidates

    Eiji Izumi

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Goblin Warrior

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Tomboy Daughter Diary

    Eiji Izumi

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    Temma Tsujikaze

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Kenkyō edo-murasaki

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Travels of Lord Mito Pt.5

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Koina no Ginpei

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Omatsuri hanjiro

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Princess Finds Her Prince

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Merciless Blade Part 3

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • 近藤勇 池田屋騒動

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Merciless Blade

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • 珍説忠臣蔵

    Horibe Yasubei

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Jirocho Rises in Fame

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Ikiru

    City Assemblyman

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • 大当り黄金狂時代　

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Man from the Moon

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Five Men of Edo

    Yume no Ichirobei

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Song of Love

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • A Bullet Hole Underground

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Nocturnal Gate

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Surônin makaritôru

    Jiemon Shiraishi

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Meiji no kyōdai

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • A Baby Given by a Fox

    Katano

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Sword Wind Training Hall

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Kenpu Renpeikan

    Amano Hachiro

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Oichi no kata

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Ōsaka chōnin

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The March of the Restoration

    Isami Kondo

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Zakuro Ikkaku

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Iwami Jūtarō

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Utsunomiya tsuritenjō

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Tenjiku Tokubei

    Tokubei Tenjiku

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Kaibyô saga no yozakura

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Kessen Kojinyama

    Chokichi

    actor

    actors
    1932