Isamu Kosugi

Biography

Isamu Kosugi (小杉 勇, Kosugi Isamu, 24 February 1904 – 8 April 1983) was a Japanese actor and film director.

Career Overview

Isamu Kosugi has 99 screen credits in a career dating back to 1928. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Hungry Soul Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Unending Advance, Theater of Life: Youth Version, Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown. 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

99

Birth Date

1904-02-24 00:00:00

Birth Place

Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

Known For

• 

  Unending Advance
• 

  Theater of Life: Youth Version
• Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
• 

  Twilight Saloon
• 

  祇園物語　春怨
• 

  The Grand Master

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• Hungry Soul Collection (2 titles)
• Tōyama no Kin-san Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Ureo Egawa (2 collaborations)
• Yoko Benisawa (2 collaborations)
• Bontarō Miake (2 collaborations)
• Ryôichi Kikuchi (2 collaborations)
• Yukichi Kamishiro (2 collaborations)
• Sanemon Suzuki (2 collaborations)
• Mantarō Ushio (2 collaborations)
• Kōju Murata (2 collaborations)
• Hisako Takihana (1 collaborations)
• Yukiko Todoroki (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (73 credits)

  • Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Exiled to Hell

    Iwamatsu Koiso

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay

    Oba Kumakura

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Crazy Jailbreak

    Fukazawa, policeman

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Zattō ni hikarume

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Zesshou

    Shôzô

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Unga

    Nobuyasu Itami

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • A Slope in the Sun

    Dr. Shiozawa

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • I Am Waiting

    Uchiyama

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Birth of a Jazz Maiden

    Tôhô Tani

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Saigo no totsugeki

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Hungry Soul, Part II

    Naokichi Shiba

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Hungry Soul

    Naokichi Shiba

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Jigoku no hatoba

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Roar of The Lion

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Twilight Saloon

    Moichiro Umeda

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Farewell, Innocence

    Father Koichi

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Golden Valley

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Turbid Youth

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki

    Akira Mutō

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Night in Hawaii

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • G-men of Japan 3: Fearless Counterattack

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • 祇園物語　春怨

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • A Thousand Standards of Stone

    Tetsugorô

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Golden Beast

    Matayoshi Shishido

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Yami ni hikarume

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • 獄門島 総集篇

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Island of Horrors

    Police Shimizu

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Dai tokai no ushimitsudoki

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Delinquent Girl

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • 白頭巾現わる

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • New Wives’ Meeting

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Goblin Courier

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Kōfuku no genkai

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Grand Master

    Kikuoka

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Tengu of Kiso

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Phoenix

    Hiroya Yasaka

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Kokoro tsuki nogotoku

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Nonkina tosan

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Waiting Woman

    Kan'ichi Yamaguchi - captain of Machiho-maru

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • A New Breeze

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Sennichimae fukin

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Theater

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Victory Song

    Okawa

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Umi no tora

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Field Army Orchestra

    Naota

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Navy

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Our Planes Fly South

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Mother and Child Grass

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The 47 Ronin

    Denpachirô Tamon

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • 君と僕

    Ryohei Kubo

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Family of Love

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Mud and Soldiers

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Earth

    Kanji

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Explosion!

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Jinsei Gekijo: Zankyaku hen

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Five Scouts

    Unit Commander Okada

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Unending Advance

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Naked Town

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Daughter of the Samurai

    Teruo Yamato

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Passionate Poet Ishikawa Takuboku - Hometown

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Theater of Life: Youth Version

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Sun over the River

    Kentaro's father

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Police Officer

    Officer Itami

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown

    Higuchi

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Hyakumensô

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Tokyo March

    佐久間雄吉

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • A Living Puppet

    Daisuke Segi

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Ashes

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Metropolitan Symphony

    Motozo

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Kekkon nijuso: zenpen

    actor

    actors
    1928

• directing (25 credits)

  • Seishun no Sabaki

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Tokyo Olympics

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Gun Demon Without Form

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Kidō sōsahan-gun ōkami no machi

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Kidō sōsahan Tōkyō bōryoku chizu

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Kidō sōsahan Minato no ryakudatsu-sha

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Kidō sōsahan Tōkyō gozenreiji

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Nuki uchi fūraibō

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Kidō sōsahan muhō chitai

    director

    directing
    1962
  • Crimson Pistol

    director

    directing
    1961
  • 機動捜査班

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Keiji monogatari buchō keiji o oe!

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē

    director

    directing
    1961
  • 金語楼の俺は殺し屋だ

    director

    directing
    1960
  • Keiji monogatari Tōkyō no meiro

    director

    directing
    1960
  • おヤエの女中の大将

    director

    directing
    1959
  • The Maid Oyae Meets A Ghost

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Crazy Jailbreak

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Zattō ni hikarume

    director

    directing
    1959
  • 東京午前三時

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Jigoku no hatoba

    director

    directing
    1956
  • 祇園物語　春怨

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Jiruba no Tetsu

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Hanayome to rannyūsha

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Hanayome senshu

    director

    directing
    1948

• writing (1 credits)

  • Keiji monogatari Tōkyō no meiro

    screenplay

    writing
    1960