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Sho Kosugi
Sho Kosugi

Sho Kosugi

ActingBorn June 17, 1948 (age 78)Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Sho Kosugi (born Shōichi Kosugi; June 17, 1947) is a Japanese martial artist with training in shindō jinen-ryū karate who gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, usually playing a ninja. He is the father of Kane Kosugi and Shane Kosugi. After taking a hiatus from film, he started a taiko group in California. In Japan, he also runs an internationally oriented group of martial arts acting schools known as the Sho Kosugi Institute. It is common for Kosugi to have his sons co-star in movies when the plot includes family relations. Films in which Kosugi's sons perform alongside their father include Black Eagle, Revenge of the Ninja, and Kabuto (aka Shogun Warrior).

Filmography

2009Movie
1993
Dark Society in the East

as Larry Matsuda

Movie
1991
Journey of Honor

as Daigoro Mayeda

Movie
1989
Blind Fury

as The Assassin

Movie
1988
Black Eagle

as Ken Tani

Movie
1988
Aloha Summer

as Yukinaga Konishi

Movie
1987
Rage of Honor

as Shiro Tanka

Movie
1985
9 Deaths of the Ninja

as Spike Shinobi

Movie
1985
Pray for Death

as Akira Saito

Movie
1985Movie
1984Movie
1984Movie
1984
Master Ninja

as Okasa

Movie
1984
The Master

as Okasa

TV
1983Movie
1981
Enter the Ninja

as Hasegawa

Movie
1978
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

as Kata Demonstrator (uncredited)

Movie
1976Movie
1974
The Godfather Part II

as Passerby in Coat with Cap Pulled Down (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 17, 1948
Place of BirthMinato, Tokyo, Japan
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