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name: "Yoshio Kosugi"
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born: "15 September 1903"
died: "12 March 1968"
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# Yoshio Kosugi

Actor. Born 15 September 1903 in Nikko, Tochigi, Japan. Died 12 March 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 September 1903, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
- **Died:** 12 March 1968
- **Also known as:** 小杉義夫, یوشیو کوسوگی, یوشیو کوسوجی

## Biography

Yoshio Kosugi (小杉 義男) was a Japanese actor. He was born on 15 September 1903 in Kamitsuga District, Tochigi, and died on 12 March 1968.

He began his career on stage as a shingeki actor and was first recognised for playing Yasha in *The Cherry Orchard*. Kosugi made his film debut in the 1920s and appeared in more than 120 films until 1967.

He is known for supporting roles in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including *Sanshiro Sugata* (1943), *The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail* (1945), *Seven Samurai* (1954) as Farmer Mosuke, and *The Hidden Fortress* (1958). He also appeared in Toho kaiju films such as *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962) as the Chief of Faro Island and *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964) as the Chief of Infant Island.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Seven Samurai* (1954), Fi1m 95, as Mosuke — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md)

## Also known for

- *The Hidden Fortress* (1958), Soldier (uncredited)
- *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), Infant Island Chief
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), Chief of Faro Island
- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Chief of Infant Island
- *The Human Condition I: No Greater Love* (1959), (uncredited)
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1963), Chief of Faro Island (uncredited)
- *Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto* (1954), (uncredited)
- *Mothra* (1961), Ship Captain

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