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Find sources: "Isamu Kosugi" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Isamu Kosugi 小杉 勇 Isamu Kosugi in 1938 Born Sukejirō Kosugi (1904-02-24)24 February 1904 Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan Died 8 April 1983(1983-04-08) (aged 79) Occupations Actor, film director **Isamu Kosugi** (小杉 勇, *Kosugi Isamu*; 24 February 1904 – 8 April 1983) was a Japanese actor and film director. ## Career Born in [Ishinomaki](/source/Ishinomaki) in [Miyagi Prefecture](/source/Miyagi_Prefecture), Kosugi first studied at the [Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nihon_Eiga_Haiy%C5%AB_Gakk%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1) before joining the [Nikkatsu](/source/Nikkatsu) studio in 1925.[1] He came to prominence in [tendency films](/source/Tendency_film) such as *[Ikeru ningyō](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ikeru_ningy%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1929). He was the lead player in a series of critically acclaimed realist films made at Nikkatsu's [Tamagawa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tamagawa_Film_Studio&action=edit&redlink=1) studio in the 1930s, particularly [Tomu Uchida](/source/Tomu_Uchida)'s *[Jinsei gekijō](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jinsei_gekij%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1936) and *[Tsuchi](/source/Tsuchi_(film))* (1939) and [Tomotaka Tasaka](/source/Tomotaka_Tasaka)'s war films, *[Gonin no sekkōhei](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gonin_no_sekk%C5%8Dhei&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1938) and *[Mud and Soldiers](/source/Mud_and_Soldiers)* (1939). In 1937, he starred in the German-Japanese co-production, *[Atarashiki tsuchi](/source/Atarashiki_tsuchi)* (aka *Die Tochter des Samurai*), directed by [Arnold Fanck](/source/Arnold_Fanck) and [Mansaku Itami](/source/Mansaku_Itami). He was renowned at the time as a skilled actor with an individual style.[1] After [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he moved into directing, working primarily at Nikkatsu, where he filmed comedy series and action films starring [Jō Shishido](/source/J%C5%8D_Shishido), while still appearing in films as an actor. His son was the composer [Taichirō Kosugi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taichir%C5%8D_Kosugi&action=edit&redlink=1), who did the music for *[Cyborg 009](/source/Cyborg_009)*. ## Selected filmography ### As actor - *[Tokyo March](/source/Tokyo_March)* (東京行進曲, Tōkyō kōshinkyoku) (1929) - *[Ikeru ningyō](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ikeru_ningy%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1)* (生ける人形) (1929) - *[Jinsei gekijō](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jinsei_gekij%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1)* (人生劇場) (1936) - *[The Daughter of the Samurai](/source/The_Daughter_of_the_Samurai)* (新しき土) (1937) - *[Kagirinaki Zenshin](/source/Kagirinaki_Zenshin)* (1937) - *[Gonin no sekkōhei](/source/A_Pay_by_the_Wayside)* (五人の斥候兵) (1938) - *[Robō no ishi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rob%C5%8D_no_ishi&action=edit&redlink=1)* (路傍の石) (1938) - *[Tsuchi](/source/Tsuchi_(film))* (土) (1939) - *[Mud and Soldiers](/source/Mud_and_Soldiers)* (土と兵隊) (1939) - *[The 47 Ronin](/source/The_47_Ronin_(1941_film))* (元禄忠臣蔵, Genroku chushingura) (1941/1942) - *[I Am Waiting](/source/I_Am_Waiting_(film))* (俺は待ってるぜ, Ore wa matteru ze) (1957) - *[Jazz musume tanjō](/source/Jazz_musume_tanj%C5%8D)* (ジャズ娘誕生, Jazu musume tanjō) (1957) - *[A Slope in the Sun](/source/A_Slope_in_the_Sun)* (陽のあたる坂道, Hi no ataru sakamichi) (1958) ### As director - *[Jiruba no tetsu](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jiruba_no_tetsu&action=edit&redlink=1)* (ジルバの鉄) (1950)—screenplay by [Akira Kurosawa](/source/Akira_Kurosawa) - *[Tokyo gorin ondo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tokyo_gorin_ondo&action=edit&redlink=1)* (東京五輪音頭) (1964) - *[Abare Kishidō](/source/Abare_Kishid%C5%8D)* (あばれ騎士道) (1965) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-kotobank_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-kotobank_1-1) ["Isamu Kosugi"](http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9D%89%E5%8B%87). *Nihon jinmei daijiten + Plus* (in Japanese). Kōdansha. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140717154251/http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9D%89%E5%8B%87) from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2011. ## External links - [Isamu Kosugi](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467557/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Kosugi Isamu](http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0174260.htm) at the [Japanese Movie Database](/source/Japanese_Movie_Database) (in Japanese) - ["Isamu Kosugi"](http://cinema.intercritique.com/person.cgi?pid=14667). *CinemaScape* (in Japanese). Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States Japan Italy Other IdRef Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Isamu Kosugi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isamu_Kosugi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isamu_Kosugi?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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