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name: "Daigo Kusano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daigo-kusano"
fi1m_id: "daigo-kusano"
imdb_id: "nm0476213"
tmdb_id: 81280
wikidata_id: "Q11618250"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 September 1939"
died: "27 February 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T20:46:34.981292+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Daigo Kusano

## Identity

Daigo Kusano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daigo-kusano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daigo-kusano
- **IMDb ID:** nm0476213
- **TMDB ID:** 81280
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11618250
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11618250, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476213/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81280

Actor. Born 7 September 1939 in Taichung, Taiwan. Died 27 February 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 September 1939, Taichung, Taiwan
- **Died:** 27 February 1991
- **Also known as:** Дайго Кусано
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11618250, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476213/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81280

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## Biography

Daigo Kusano (1939–1991) was a Japanese actor. Born in Taichung, Taiwan, under Japanese rule, he was raised in Kagoshima Prefecture and trained at the Bungakuza acting institute from 1961.

He worked in theatre, film and television from the early 1960s until the late 1980s, appearing in supporting roles in many tokusatsu productions and films directed by Kihachi Okamoto. He is known for roles including Kuchiki Rokubei in *Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades* (1972), Yanagawa, Alien Agent #1 in *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974), Mudo in *Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell* (1974), and appearances in *Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo* (1970) and *Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice* (1972). He was married to former actress Kazuko Tajima.

*Sources: wikizilla.org, ja.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974), Fi1m 64, as Yanagawa, Alien Agent #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md)

## Complete filmography (77)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tomorrow* (1988), as Drug sales
- *Father* (1988), as Kojiro
- *The Great Department Store Robbery* (1987), Actor
- *This Story of Love* (1987), Actor
- *Sure Death 4* (1987), as Theatre Manager
- *Spectacle of Buds* (1986), as Murakami
- *Time and Tide 2* (1985), as Tanimura's Brother
- *Ghost Reunion* (1984), Actor
- *Dojo Breaker* (1982), Actor
- *Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records* (1982), Actor
- *The Black Hood* (1981), Actor
- *Tuesday Suspense Theater* (1981), series, Actor
- *Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage* (1981), Actor
- *Abandoned* (1981), Actor
- *Magistrate of the Floating World* (1981), Actor
- *Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely* (1980), as Takashi Mineyama
- *Zoku zoku jiken* (1980), series, Actor
- *Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima* (1980), as Oba
- *Aitsu to Ore* (1980), series, Actor
- *An Ocean to Cross* (1980), as Kaiyu
- *The Last Game* (1979), Actor
- *Troubleman Laughs and Kills* (1979), as Actor
- *The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi* (1979), as Takagi
- *Dead Angle* (1979), Actor
- *The Strangling* (1979), Actor
- *Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village* (1979), as Yusaku Saruwatari
- *Golden Partners* (1979), as Police officer
- *The Killing Game* (1978), Actor
- *Blood Type: Blue* (1978), as Resistance Member
- *Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light* (1978), Actor
- *Dynamite Don-Don* (1978), as Fujisaki
- *Dinosaur Corps Koseidon* (1978), series, as 班诺
- *The Most Dangerous Game* (1978), Actor
- *Sugata Sanshiro* (1977), as "Tatsumi" master
- *Document 8.6* (1977), as Narrator (voice)
- *Tree of Youth* (1977), Actor
- *The Japanese Belly Button* (1977), as Judge / Yaneura / Comedian
- *Stars and Storms* (1976), Actor
- *Please Hire Me!* (1976), series, Actor
- *Akai Hana* (1976), Actor
- *The Roads Men Travel* (1976), series, as Master
- *Aoba shigereru* (1974), Actor
- *The Tattered Banner* (1974), Actor
- *Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell* (1974), as Mudo
- *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974), as Yanagawa, Alien Agent #1 — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md)
- *Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?* (1974), as Onibi
- *Hanzo the Razor: The Snare* (1973), Actor
- *Internal Sleuth* (1973), as Nishikawa
- *Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice* (1972), Actor
- *Hymn* (1972), as Doctor
- *The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!* (1972), as Haruhiko Mikezawa
- *Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades* (1972), as Kuchiki Rokubei
- *A Chorus of One Million People* (1972), as Saburô Kiyooka
- *Kogarashi Monjiro* (1972), series, as Kitaro
- *Confessions Among Actresses* (1971), as Owner of the Cleaning Shop
- *Mandala* (1971), Actor
- *Inn of Evil* (1971), as Yoshinosuke
- *The Battle of Okinawa* (1971), as Captain Okuyama
- *Live Today, Die Tomorrow!* (1970), as Hanjiro Yamada
- *The Hot Little Girl* (1970), as Yamano
- *The Good Little Bad Girl* (1970), Actor
- *Strange Affinity* (1970), Actor
- *City of Beasts* (1970), Actor
- *The Creature Called Man* (1970), Actor
- *Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo* (1970), Actor
- *The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club* (1969), as Fukurô
- *Heat Wave Island* (1969), as Tsuda
- *Red Lion* (1969), as Innkeeper
- *Shirozukin Sanjo* (1969), series, Actor
- *Too Young to Die* (1969), Actor
- *Age of Japanese Guerrillas* (1968), as Hegebara
- *Lullaby of Death* (1968), Actor
- *Strong Women, Weak Men* (1968), as Kawahara
- *Lost Sex* (1966), as Young man in the village
- *Night Scandal* (1964), as Mitsuo Minami
- *An Eater* (1963), Actor
- *A Wanderer's Notebook* (1962), Actor

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