Masao Kusakari Filmography

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Hakuchi

Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Miyako Koda, Reika Hashimoto, Masao Kusakari, Shunji Fujimura

Synopsis: Director Macoto Tezka's harrowing drama is set in an alternate version of the 1990s in which World War II never ended and the citizens of Japan are subjected to nightly bombing raids. Japanese cult actor Tadanobu Asano stars as Izawa, a lowly production assistant in the corporate monolith Media Read More

1999
August in the Water

Synopsis: Veteran indie director Sogo Ishii spins this trippy coming-of-age drama cum sci-fi supernatural headtrip. The film centers on Izumi Hazuka (Rena Komine), a high school student and Olympic high dive aspirant. When she transfers to a new school in the southern city of Fukuoka, she meets two lads who Read More

1995
The Enchantment

Actors: Kumiko Akiyoshi, Masao Kusakari, Kiwaku Harado

Synopsis: It is often said that in order for psychotherapy to be really effective, "transference" (a kind of falling in love) needs to happen between the client and the therapist. Often this intense relationship tempts therapists to overstep the bounds of proper professional conduct. In this Japanese Read More

1989
Yogoreta Eiyu

Actors: Masao Kusakari, Atsuko Asano, Hiroshi Katsuno, Satoshi Sadanaga, Yutaka Hayashi

Synopsis: Akio Kitano (Masao Kusakari) is a road racer who has nightmares about going up in flames, but these fears are alleviated by a luxurious lifestyle, thanks to his generous love interest, Azusa Ogata (Atsuko Asano). She is a successful fashion designer and businesswoman who keeps Akio in a two-story Read More

1983
Virus

Actors: Sonny Chiba, Chuck Connors, Stephanie Faulkner, Glenn Ford, Stuart Gillard

Synopsis: A double disaster film with both an American and a Japanese cast, Virus presents some pretty wild probabilities to viewers. First of all, a virus has been developed that gets loose and starts to destroy humanity on a grand scale. The only people who are remotely safe are a group of eight hundred Read More

1982
Eijanaika

Actors: Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Ken Ogata, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Masao Kusakari

Synopsis: Eijanaika is a dramatization of a brief but critical moment in Japanese history when Japan emerges from two centuries of isolationism in the 1860s. This new regime proves more receptive to opening Japan up to trade from the West--particularly America. The story is told through the eyes of a Read More

1981
Hi no tori

Actors: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Masao Kusakari, Kaoru Yumi, Reiko Ohara, Mieko Takamine

Synopsis: The battle for good and against evil never ends in this long series of episodes about attempts to capture the phoenix, a mythic bird of immortality. Set in the second century A.D., this fantasy adventure yarn includes plenty of special effects and animation, yet that does not mean it is innocuous. Read More

1978
Esupai

Actors: Hiroshi Fujioka, Kaoru Yumi, Masao Kusakari, Yuzo Kayama, Tomisaburo Wakayama

Synopsis: In this Japanese-made sci-fi/action thriller, Interpol has nothing on ESPY, an elite international law-enforcement agency. Its members have supernormal powers, including telepathy and clairvoyance. Discerning a pattern to the series of political assassinations which have rocked the world, ESPY Read More

1975
Himiko

Actors: Masao Kusakari

Synopsis: Using modern scientific biases to strip away the mystery behind ancient legends is an activity not confined to Europe or the Americas. In this Japanese film, the mythological foundations of Japanese society are explained away, albeit poetically. Here, the Sun Goddess responsible for the founding Read More

1974